| [/ʃəd; ʃəd; strong form 强读式 ʃud; ʃʊd/] modal v (neg 否定式 should not, contracted form 缩约式 shouldn't [/ˈʃudnt; ˋʃʊdnt/]) 用法:
1 (a) (indicating obligation 用以表示义务或责任):
You shouldn't drink and drive.你不应该喝酒後开车. *
Visitors should inform the receptionist of their arrival. 来宾在到达时应当知会接待员. *
We should have bought a new lock for the front door. 我们本该买把新锁安在前门上. =>Usage 1 at must 见must所附用法第1项.
(b) (indicating advice or recommendation 用以表示劝告或推荐):
He should stop smoking. 他应该戒烟. *
You shouldn't leave a baby alone in the house. 你不应该把幼儿一个人留在家里. *
They should have called the police. 他们本应该叫警察的. =>Usage 2 at must 见must所附用法第2项. 用法:
2 (drawing a tentative conclusion 用以表示试探性的推断):
We should arrive before dark. 我们按说能在天黑前到达. *
The roads should be less crowded today. 今天路上不致於那麽拥挤了. *
I should have finished reading it by Friday. 我大概到星期五能把它看完. => Usage 3 at must 见must所附用法第3项. 用法:
3 (fml 文) (used to describe the consequence of an imagined event 用以表达假定的结果):
If I was asked to work on Sundays I should resign. 要是叫我星期天上班, 我就辞职. *
We should move to a larger house if we had the money. 我们要是有钱就找个大房子住了. 用法:
4 (used in a that-clause after the adjs anxious, sorry, concerned, happy, delighted, etc 用在形容词anxious、 sorry、 concerned、 happy、 delighted等後接的that从句中):
I'm anxious that he should be well cared for. 我盼望他能受到很好的照顾. *
We're sorry that you should feel uncomfortable. 你觉得在这儿不舒服, 我们非常抱歉. *
That he should speak to you like that is quite astonishing. 他竟然这样对你说话, 实在让人吃惊. *
I am delighted that he should take that view. 他有那种看法, 我十分高兴. 用法:
5 (used after if and in case, or with subject and v reversed, to suggest that an event is unlikely to happen 用於if和in case之後或将主语与动词倒置, 表示某事不太可能发生):
If you should change your mind, do let me know. 万一你要改变主意, 一定要告诉我. *
If he should have forgotten to go to the airport, nobody will be there to meet her. 要是他忘了去机场, 就没人去那儿接她了. *
Should anyone phone (ie If anyone phones), please tell them I'm busy. 有人打电话来, 就说我很忙. 用法:
6 (fml 文) (used after so that/in order that to express purpose 用於so that/in order that之後表示目的或动机):
He put the cases in the car so that he should be able to make an early start. 他把箱子放在汽车里, 这样他就可以早点动身了. *
She repeated the instructions slowly in order that he should understand. 她把那些指示慢慢重复了一遍好让他听明白. 用法:
7 (a) (used to make polite requests 用作表示请求的客气说法):
I should like to make a phone call, if possible. 劳驾, 我想打个电话. *
We should be grateful for your help. 承您协助, 不胜感激. Cf 参看 would1 2a.
(b) (used with imagine, say, think, etc to give tentative opinions 与imagine、 say、 think等连用, 表达不成熟的意见):
I should imagine it will take about three hours. 我想得花大约三个钟头. *
I should say she's over forty. 我说她有四十多岁了. *
`Is this long enough?' `I should think so.' ｀这个够长吗?＇｀我看可以了.＇ 用法:
8 (a) (used with question words to express lack of interest, disbelief, etc 与疑问词连用, 表示不感兴趣、 难以相信等):
How should I know? 我怎麽知道呢? *
Why should he think that? 他怎麽那麽想呢?
(b) (used with question words to express surprise 与疑问词连用表示惊讶):
I was thinking of going to see John when who should appear but John himself. 我还想去看约翰, 想不到约翰来了. *
I turned round on the bus and who should be sitting behind me but my ex-wife. 我在公共汽车上转过身来, 谁料後面坐的竟是我的前妻. should 2
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