Examples

本该如此。

本该早就成家了，无奈一直在外东奔西走，错过了不少机会。

He was supposed to sit in a meeting an hour ago.

他本该一小时前去参加一个会议的。

I should have bitten my tongue instead of telling her that.

真不应该把事情告诉她，我本该守口如瓶的。

I should have held out for a better deal.

我本该要求更好的待遇。

It dawned on me that I should have listened to my mother.

我突然醒悟了自己本该听妈妈的话。

If you really wanted to learn something you should have started at the top.

如果你真的想学点什么，你本该在自己的最佳状态开始。

You should have been fenced off from the river with a high wall.

你本该用高墙把河水挡住。

Unchivalrously, the husbands who had to provide such innocent indulgences eventually began to count the costs.

很没男士风度的是，本该体贴迁就妻子的丈夫最后开始计算损失。