| 单词 | would |
| 释义 | would v.aux. (3rd sing. would) past of WILL(1), used esp.: 1. (in the 2nd and 3rd persons, and often in the 1st: see SHOULD). a in reported speech (he said he would be home by evening). b to express the conditional mood (they would have been killed if they had gone). 2. to express habitual action (would wait for her every evening). 3. to express a question or polite request (would they like it?; would you come in, please?). 4. to express probability (I guess she would be over fifty by now). 5. (foll. by that + clause) literary to express a wish (would that you were here). 6. to express consent (they would not help). Phrases and idioms would-be often derog. desiring or aspiring to be (a would-be politician). Etymology: OE wolde, past of wyllan: see WILL(1) |
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