单词 | would |
释义 | wouldn. 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). < n.a1393 |
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