英语词汇“it should seem”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. it should seem, it would seem: used to express somewhat more of hesitation or uncertainty than is expressed by it seems.The older form, it should seem, is perhaps slightly archaic, and is now chiefly used to express a guarded (or sometimes an ironical) acceptance of statements made by others. It would seem does not appear in our quots. before the 19th cent. (but cf. the cognate use 4d).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have specific appearance [verb (impersonal)] > seem

thinkeOE

it seemsa1225

meseems?a1425

it seems1442

beseem1470

it should seem1525

it would seem1826

seems to me1888

1525 Bp. J. Clerk in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 310 As for the maters off France, it shold seim that his Holynes rekonythe not gretly howe youe determyn them.

1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 31* For it should seeme that the Game of Tali heere mentioned was Pleistoboleuda [sic].

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 449 It should not, however, seem very difficult to distinguish those two parts of the rent from one another.

1816 W. Wordsworth Prose Wks. (1876) II. 11 It should seem that the ancients thought in this manner.

1826 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 154 But, with regard to writings, as it would seem, the case is different.

1829 W. Whewell in J. M. Douglas Life & Corr. W. Whewell (1881) 129 All official papers were brought there: and among the rest it would seem these Cologne ones.

1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. Pref. 10 The accident of personal intimacy, it should seem, deprives you of all right to express admiration of what you might allowably have found admirable in a stranger.

1902 J. Gairdner Eng. Church 16th Cent. (1903) iv. 54 From all this it would seem that he could not have been much under fifty when he was compelled to abjure.

d. The original conditional notion is obscured in the phrases it should seem (see seem v.² 7f); one should think (now somewhat archaic and perhaps sometimes interpreted in the sense of 18). Similarly I should think (suppose, etc.) = ‘I am inclined to think (suppose, etc.)’; also colloquial as a strong affirmation in reply to a tentative suggestion, e.g. ‘I should (rather) think he did object’.In the last phrase (as used idiomatically), would is never substituted; in the second person the phrase is used only in questions, and in the third person only in oblique narration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [phrase]

I will wella1470

I should think (suppose, etc.)?a1475

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase]

it is a match!1569

that's right1608

true for you1765

how right you are1799

them's my sentiments1847

I should think (suppose, etc.)1861

right you are!1862

sure thing1895

you said it1911

with knobs on1930

you can say that again1932

I should coco1936

I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939

that makes two of us1956

yes please2010

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 79 Hit scholde seme to a man beholdenge the fundacion of hit that werke to be rather of the labor of..Romanes, then of Britones.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. bb.i It sholde seme that he was create of god but in vayne.

1577 J. Aylmer in H. N. Birt Eliz. Relig. Settlem. (1908) x. 465 (note) He hath divers Agnus Dei [etc.]... It should appear that he hath bestowed many, and these be the refuses.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 195 I should thinke, that these old ornaments are taken away.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 249 It should seeme that nature herselfe hath armed this people, in giving them the Iron Mines of Biskay, Guipuscoa, and Medina.

1741 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 324 So vast a stock of vivacity..one should think, could only proceed from a head and heart entirely at ease.

1775 C. Johnston Pilgrim 105 I should rather think he has a mind to finger its finances.

1835 T. B. Macaulay Sir James Mackintosh in Ess. (1843) II. 261 It might, one should think, have crossed the mind of a man of fifty, who had seen a great deal of the world.

1856 T. B. Macaulay Johnson in Misc. Writ. (1882) 321/2 It should seem that a full half of Johnson's life, during about sixteen years, was passed under the roof of the Thrales.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner vi. 94 ‘You remember when first Mr Lammeter's father came into these parts, don't you, Mr Macey?’.. ‘I should think I did.’

1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 4 That singing power..was not, it should seem, a natural gift of this great writer's.

单词	it should seem
释义	> as lemmas it should seem f. it should seem, it would seem: used to express somewhat more of hesitation or uncertainty than is expressed by it seems.The older form, it should seem, is perhaps slightly archaic, and is now chiefly used to express a guarded (or sometimes an ironical) acceptance of statements made by others. It would seem does not appear in our quots. before the 19th cent. (but cf. the cognate use 4d). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have specific appearance [verb (impersonal)] > seem thinkeOE it seemsa1225 meseems?a1425 it seems1442 beseem1470 it should seem1525 it would seem1826 seems to me1888 1525 Bp. J. Clerk in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 310 As for the maters off France, it shold seim that his Holynes rekonythe not gretly howe youe determyn them. 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 31* For it should seeme that the Game of Tali heere mentioned was Pleistoboleuda [sic]. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 449 It should not, however, seem very difficult to distinguish those two parts of the rent from one another. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Wordsworth Prose Wks. (1876) II. 11 It should seem that the ancients thought in this manner. 1826 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 154 But, with regard to writings, as it would seem, the case is different. 1829 W. Whewell in J. M. Douglas Life & Corr. W. Whewell (1881) 129 All official papers were brought there: and among the rest it would seem these Cologne ones. 1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. Pref. 10 The accident of personal intimacy, it should seem, deprives you of all right to express admiration of what you might allowably have found admirable in a stranger. 1902 J. Gairdner Eng. Church 16th Cent. (1903) iv. 54 From all this it would seem that he could not have been much under fifty when he was compelled to abjure. extracted from seemv.² it should seem d. The original conditional notion is obscured in the phrases it should seem (see seem v.² 7f); one should think (now somewhat archaic and perhaps sometimes interpreted in the sense of 18). Similarly I should think (suppose, etc.) = ‘I am inclined to think (suppose, etc.)’; also colloquial as a strong affirmation in reply to a tentative suggestion, e.g. ‘I should (rather) think he did object’.In the last phrase (as used idiomatically), would is never substituted; in the second person the phrase is used only in questions, and in the third person only in oblique narration. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [phrase] I will wella1470 I should think (suppose, etc.)?a1475 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 79 Hit scholde seme to a man beholdenge the fundacion of hit that werke to be rather of the labor of..Romanes, then of Britones. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. bb.i It sholde seme that he was create of god but in vayne. 1577 J. Aylmer in H. N. Birt Eliz. Relig. Settlem. (1908) x. 465 (note) He hath divers Agnus Dei [etc.]... It should appear that he hath bestowed many, and these be the refuses. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 195 I should thinke, that these old ornaments are taken away. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 249 It should seeme that nature herselfe hath armed this people, in giving them the Iron Mines of Biskay, Guipuscoa, and Medina. 1741 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 324 So vast a stock of vivacity..one should think, could only proceed from a head and heart entirely at ease. 1775 C. Johnston Pilgrim 105 I should rather think he has a mind to finger its finances. 1835 T. B. Macaulay Sir James Mackintosh in Ess. (1843) II. 261 It might, one should think, have crossed the mind of a man of fifty, who had seen a great deal of the world. 1856 T. B. Macaulay Johnson in Misc. Writ. (1882) 321/2 It should seem that a full half of Johnson's life, during about sixteen years, was passed under the roof of the Thrales. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner vi. 94 ‘You remember when first Mr Lammeter's father came into these parts, don't you, Mr Macey?’.. ‘I should think I did.’ 1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 4 That singing power..was not, it should seem, a natural gift of this great writer's. extracted from shallv. < as lemmas
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