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should[强ʃud;弱ʃəd](shall的过去式)v.aux. 1 [表示过去将来时;常用于间接引语]将,将会:I said I should be late.我说过我将晚一些到. 2 [表示语气较强的假设]万一,竟然:If he should fail to come,ask Jack to work in his place.万一他不来,就叫杰克代替他工作.Should it rain tomorrow(或If it should rain tomorrow),the meeting would be postponed.万一明天下雨,会议就延期. 3 [用于第一人称时表示某种条件下会产生的结果;用于第二、第三人称时表示说话者的意愿]就,该:If you were here,I should be very glad.要是你能在这儿的话,我就很高兴了.I should have seen you if you had been at the meeting.要是你当时参加会议的话,我该看到你的.If the book were in the library,you should have it.这本书如果在图书馆里,我就让你借了.He should not have gone if I could have prevented it.如果我能够阻止的话,就不会让他去了. 4 [表示可能性、推测或推论]可能,该:They should have arrived in Beijing by this time.他们这时该已到北京了.The report is written after careful investigation,so it should be reliable.这份报告是经过周密调查写成的,所以该是可靠的. 5 [表示义务、责任]应当,应该:You shouldn't be so careless.你不应该这样粗心大意.He should have told me the news earlier.他本来应该早些告诉我这消息. 6 [表示委婉、谦逊]可,倒:I should think so.我可也是这样想的.I should like to have a talk with you.我想跟你谈一谈.(意指:如果你愿意或方便的话)You are mistaken,I should say.据我看,你可搞错了.Should you like tea?你可喜欢喝茶吗? 7 [用于表示必要、适当、惊奇、遗憾等的从句中]应该;竟然会:It is most desirable that he should attend the conference.非常希望他能出席会议.It is proper that no hasty decision should be made.不应当作出匆促的决定.It is astonishing that we should find violence here.我们这儿竟然有暴力行为,真令人震惊. 8 [与why,who,how等连用,表示意外、惊异等]竟会:How should I know?我怎么会知道呢?Why should you be so late today?你今天怎么来得这么晚?When I went out,whom should I meet but our old friend Professor Gates!当我出去时,想不到竟会碰见我们的老朋友盖茨教授! 9 [用于表示建议、命令、决定等的从句中]应该,必须:The young doctor proposed that he should try the experiment on himself.青年医生建议在他自己身上作试验.It was decided that we should start a clean-up at once.决定立即开展一次大扫除. 10 [用于表示目的或由lest等引导的从句中]可以,会:We worked hard so that we should fulfil our task ahead of schedule.我们努力工作,争取提前完成任务.I'll remind him lest he should forget it.为了怕他忘记,我会提醒他的.Write to me in case you should need my help.如果需要我帮助,可以写信告诉我. |