| 释义 |
should /shŭd/ pat of shall ORIGIN: OE sceolde shall /shal or shəl/ transitive verb (no participles; 2nd pers sing (archaic) shalt; 3rd pers sing shall; pat should /shŭd or shəd/; 2nd pers sing (archaic) shouldest or shouldst)- Orig expressing debt or moral obligation, now used with the infinitive of a verb (without to) to form (in sense) a future tense, expressing in the first person mere futurity (as will1does in the second and third), in the second and third implying also promise, command, decree, or control on the part of the speaker (rules for the use of shall and will are often ignored)
- Must, will have to, is to, etc (in 2nd and 3rd persons, and interrogatively 1st)
- May be expected to, may chance to, may well (in all persons)
- May in future contingency, may come to (in all persons)
ORIGIN: OE sculan, prt sceal, scealt, sceal; pat sceolde; cf Ger soll, Gothic skal, ON skal |