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单词 would
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wouldn.

Brit. /wʊd/, U.S. /wʊd/
Forms: see will v.1 (Forms 5).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English would , will v.1
Etymology: < would, past tense (often used modally) of will v.1
1. A feeling or expression of conditional or hypothetical desire or intention; a (mere) wish or intention.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > a wish > mere
willeOE
woulda1393
velleity1624
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 923 (MED) Yit is noght mi feste al plein, Bot al of woldes and of wisshes, Therof have I my fulle disshes.
a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 58 Thou hast a setled will to sinne, but a sorry would, or a months minde to repent.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah v. 156 If all my ‘woulds’, dear Jones, were changed to coulds, I'd deck thy bungalow with Europe goods.
1876 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 151 All writings must be in a degree exoteric, written to a human should or would instead of to the fatal is.
1977 Rotarian Apr. 9/1 So many Rotarians become lost in the ‘woulds’ of excuses.
2016 @ArcticNut 4 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 10 June 2019) Say NO to your shoulds, coulds, woulds and maybes. Focus on right now. #mindfulness.
2. With the. That which one would like to have or do; desire or intention in contrast to duty or necessity.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
i-willc888
wilningc888
willingeOE
lustc950
listc1220
desire1303
affection1340
desiring1377
appetite1382
envya1400
wishc1430
desideryc1450
stomach1513
affect1531
wilnec1540
desirefulness1548
woulding1549
desirousness1571
ambition1579
lusting1580
listing1587
maw1601
appetition1603
appetence1610
bosoma1616
orexis1619
desirableness1649
appetency1656
would1753
wanting1801
want-to1903
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose
willeOE
highOE
thoughtOE
intent?c1225
achesounc1230
attenta1250
couragec1320
devicec1320
minda1325
studya1382
understanding1382
suggestionc1390
meaninga1393
i-minda1400
minta1400
tent1399
castc1400
ettlingc1400
affecta1425
advicec1425
intention1430
purposec1430
proposea1450
intendment1450
supposing?c1450
pretensionc1456
intellectionc1460
zeal1492
hest?a1513
minting?a1513
institute?1520
intendingc1525
mindfulness1530
cogitationa1538
fordrift1549
forecast1549
designing1566
tention1587
levela1591
intendiment1595
design1597
suppose1597
aim1598
regarda1616
idea1617
contemplationa1631
speculation1631
view1634
way of thinking1650
designation1658
tend1663
would1753
predetermination1764
will to art1920
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > a wish
wishing1377
wish1390
option1593
would1753
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xvii. 127 But so it will always be with silly girls, that distinguish not between the would and the should.
1831 T. Carlyle Early German Lit. in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 188 When man, hemmed-in between the Would and the Should, or the Must, painfully hesitates.
1999 A. P. Goldstein Prepare Curriculum v. 339 Counterattack the positive labeling of the would as ‘only realistic’ with a positive characterization of the should.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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