| 单词 | shall |
| 释义 | shall (ʃəl , STRONG ʃæl ) language note: Shall is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. 1. modal verb A2 You use shall with 'I' and 'we' in questions in order to make offers or suggestions, or to ask for advice. Shall I get the keys? I bought some lovely raisin buns at the bakery. Shall I bring you one with some tea? Shall I call her and ask her to come here? Well, shall we go? Let's have a nice little stroll, shall we? What shall I do? 2. modal verb B1+ You use shall, usually with 'I' and 'we', when you are referring to something that you intend to do, or when you are referring to something that you are sure will happen to you in the future. We shall be landing in Paris in sixteen minutes, exactly on time. I shall sail out on the twenty-second. I shall know more next month, I hope. I shall miss him terribly. 3. modal verb B1+ You use shall with 'I' or 'we' during a speech or piece of writing to say what you are going to discuss or explain later. [formal] In Chapter 3, I shall describe some of the documentation that I gathered. We shall refer here to three significant trends that arose in the previous decade. The building, as we shall see, is very different in its internal planning. 4. modal verb B1+ You use shall to indicate that something must happen, usually because of a rule or law. You use shall not to indicate that something must not happen. The president shall hold office for five years. Member states shall decide the conditions for granting access to the labour market for the applicant. The bank shall be entitled to debit the amount of such liability and all costs incurred in connection with it to your Account. You shall not make this speech. If you want to pry into other people's business you shall not do it here, young man. 5. modal verb B1+ You use shall, usually with 'you', when you are telling someone that they will be able to do or have something they want. Very well, if you want to go, go you shall. 'I want to hear all the gossip, all the scandal.'—'You shall, dearie, you shall!' 'What I would like, is a membership list and some information on how the Society is run.'—'Then that is what you shall have.' 6. modal verb B1+ You use shall with verbs such as ' look forward to' and ' hope' to say politely that you are looking forward to something or hoping to do something. [formal, politeness] Well, we shall look forward to seeing him tomorrow. I shall hope to see you in my office, young lady, and we'll review your portfolio. 7. modal verb B1+ You use shall when you are referring to the likely result or consequence of a particular action or situation. When large finance companies cut down on their entertainments, we shall know that times really are hard. This is our last chance and we shall need to take it if we are to compete and survive. 8. shall I say phrase [PHRASE with cl/group] You use shall I say and shall we say in order to warn someone that what you are about to say may cause offence or be surprising. ...whereas when you get older you're rather set in your ways, shall I say. My involvement has not been altogether, shall we say, ethical. Idioms: never the twain shall meet or ne'er the twain shall meet said to mean that there are so many differences between two groups of people or two groups of things that people believe that they can never exist together in the same place or situation The education system is notorious for separating the sciences and the humanities. This academic `ne'er the twain shall meet' policy unfortunately does not always reflect the needs of the real world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 将要与"I"或"we"连用 Japanese: （未来を表して）･･･だろう |
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