| 单词 | shall |
| 释义 | Word Frequency shall(ʃæl, unstressed ʃəl) verbWord forms: past tense should (takes an infinitive without to or an implied infinitive) ▶ USAGE The usual rule given for the use of shall and will is that where the meaning is one of simple futurity, shall is used for the first person of the verb and will for the second and third: I shall go tomorrow; they will be there now. Where the meaning involves command, obligation, or determination, the positions arereversed: it shall be done; I will definitely go. However, shall has come to be largely neglected in favour of will, which has become the commonest form of the future in all three persons1. (esp with I or we as subject) used as an auxiliary to make the future tense we shall see you tomorrow Compare will1 (sense 1)2. (with you, he, she, it, they, or a noun as subject) a. used as an auxiliary to indicate determination on the part of the speaker, as in issuing a threat you shall pay for this! b. used as an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents the Tenant shall return the keys to the Landlord c. used as an auxiliary to indicate certainty or inevitability our day shall come 3. (with any noun or pronoun as subject, esp in conditional clauses or clauses expressingdoubt) used as an auxiliary to indicate nonspecific futurity I don't think I shall ever see her again he doubts whether he shall be in tomorrow Word origin Old English sceal; related to Old Norse skal, Old High German scal, Dutch zal |
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