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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- should [ʃud]
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1.
aux vb
I should go now (indicating advisability) 我现在应该走了
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2.
aux vb
(indicating obligation) 应当
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3.
aux vb
he should be there by now/he should get there soon (indicating likelihood) 他现在该到那儿了/他该很快就到那儿了
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4.
aux vb
[frm]
I should go if he asked me (would) 如果他要求，我会走的
- 5. aux vb it's not right that we should be fined (after "that") 我们竟会被罚款，这是不对的
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1.
aux vb
I should go now (indicating advisability) 我现在应该走了
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- should [ 'ʃυd] [ʃυd] [ʃəd] [ʃd] [ʃt] [ʃud] [ʃəd, ʃd,] [ʃd,] [ʃt]
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v.aux
shall的过去式
- I said I should (或 would) be home by ten.
- 我说过十点到家。
- 2. v.aux 用作助词，表示语气委婉或不够肯定（可用would 代替）
- 3. v.aux 用作助词，表示未来的某种状况
- 4. v.aux 用作助词，表示过去的某种真实的或非真实的状况[可用would 代替]
- 5. v.aux 用作助词，表示义务或责任
- 6. v.aux 用作助词，表示预期或可能
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7.
v.aux
用作助词，表示用于间接引语，表示过去将去[可用would 代替，直接引语中用 shall和will]
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8.
v.aux
（用于第一人称时，表示某种特定情况下的结果；第二三人称时，表示说话人意愿）就，该
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9.
v.aux
【表示必要，惊奇，遗憾】应该；竟然会
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1.
v.aux
shall的过去式
Collins English-English Dictionary
- should [ʃυd]
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vb
the past tense of shall: used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that an action is considered by the speaker to be obligatory (you should go) or to form the subjunctive mood with I or we (I should like to see you; if I should be late, go without me) - See also shall
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vb
[Etymology]
Old English sceold; see
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3.
vb
[Usage]
should has, as its most common meaning in modern English, the sense ought as in I should go to the graduation, but I don't see how I can. However, the older sense of the subjunctive of shall is often used with I or we to indicate a more polite form than would: I should like to go, but I can't. In much speech and writing, should has been replaced by would in contexts of this kind, but it remains in formal English when a conditional subjunctive is used: should he choose to remain, he would be granted asylum
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vb
the past tense of shall: used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that an action is considered by the speaker to be obligatory (you should go) or to form the subjunctive mood with I or we (I should like to see you; if I should be late, go without me) - See also shall
Examples
- should he phone {or} if he should phone...
- 如果他打电话来... → should
- Again, we should note.
- 此外，我们应注意。 → again
- I don't know as I should.
- 我不知道我该这么做。 → as
- He feels that we should go.
- 他认为我们该走了。 → feel
- a hint that we should leave
- 我们该离开的暗示 → hint
- afraid lest he should fall
- 担心他会跌倒 → lest
- Can, may, might, must, should, and would are modal auxiliary .
- can，may，might，must，should和would是情态动词. → modal auxiliary
- I should (或 would) think he'd like it.
- 我想他也许会喜欢这个的。 → should
- if I should die tomorrow
- 要是我明天去世的话 (口语中可用中 would 代替） → should
- I should (或 would) have gone, but you never asked me.
- 我本来会去的，但你从来没有向我提出这个要求。 → should
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