| 釋義 |
wouldvb. aux.
1. should 應(yīng)該。
△ Mac.1. 7. 34: “Which would beworn now in their newest gloss./ Not cast aside sosoon.”（像衣服一樣）正該乘它光彩嶄新就穿在身上，不要這么快就拋棄掉。
△Mac.4.3.193:“But I have words / Thatwould be howled out in the desert air.”但是我有幾句話，那是應(yīng)該在荒無人煙的地方去喊叫出來的。
2. must,ought to 必須，應(yīng)當(dāng)。
△Mac. 3. 1.50 (49):“and in his royalty of nature / Reigns that whichwould be feared.”i.e. and in his kingly,noble naturethere dwells much that one ought to fear. 在他那高貴的天性之中有某種令人不得不畏懼的東西。
3. could 能。
△Ham. 5.2.175 (167): “and it wouldcome to immediate trial,if your lordship wouldvouchsafe the answer.”只要殿下慨然應(yīng)戰(zhàn)，現(xiàn)在立刻就可以比賽。
4. were to 倘若。
△2H. IV.4.2.13:“Would he abuse the countenance of the King，”倘若他濫用了國王的寵信。
～ vb.
1.would like,wish,desire 想，希望，期望。
△L.L.L.2.1.46:“Nothing becomes him ill that he would well.”凡是他存心良善的事，沒有一樁做出來是使他有失體面的。
△Tw.1.5.288 (267): “Why,what would you?”i.e.what do you desire? 啊，你想要怎樣呢？
△Lr.1.4. 242(219):“I would you would make use of your good wisdom.”我希望你能夠運(yùn)用你的明智。
△H.V. 2. Cho.18:“What might’st thou do. that honour would thee do，”凡是榮譽(yù)所期望你去做的事業(yè)，你有什么不能夠完成？
△H.V.2.1.85 (81):“Mine host Pistol,you must come to mymaster,and your hostess. He is very sick,and wouldto bed.” i.e. Sir John Falstaff is now very ill andwould like to go to bed. (The boy is Falstaff’s page,so “my master” is Sir John.) 我的店主皮司多，你一定要到我主人那里來一趟。他病得很厲害，只想上床躺著。
△1H.VI.4.2. 5:“And thus he would:Open your city gates. / Behumble to us,call my sovereign yours. / And do himhomage as obedient subjects，”他要求你們：把你們的城門打開，對我們恭順，把我的君王稱為你們的君王，以順民的身份向他行臣民之禮。
△ R.III.5.3.92 (91):“that which I would,Icannot，”i.e.I cannot fight openly on your side.though I want. 我想做的事卻不能做。
2. wish that 希望，但愿。
△Oth.2.3.188 (186): “Andwould in action glorious (i.e. war) I had lost / Thoselegs that brought me to a part of it.”真愿意在光榮的戰(zhàn)爭中失去使我踏進(jìn)這場爭斗中的這兩條腿。
3. wish to,desire to,want to 想，要。
△1H. VI. 2. 2.37: “Here is the Talbot. Who would speak with him?”塔爾博特在此。誰想跟他說話呢？
△Ham.1.1.45: “Itwould be spoke to.”它要人對它說話。
△Ham.2.2.572(540):“You could,for a need,study a speech of somedozen lines,or sixteen lines. which I would set downand insert in ’t,could you not?”必要時，我想寫一段十來行到十六行的臺詞插進(jìn)戲里，你能背出來嗎？
△ Ham.3.2.387(364): “You would play upon me,you would seem to know my stops,you would pluck out the heart of mymystery,you would sound me from my lowest note tothe top of my compass:”你要玩弄我，你以為你知道我的心竅，你要探出我心里的秘密，你要把我的音域里的最低音試到最高音。
△Ham.4.7.118: “That we would do,/ Weshould do when we would,for this ‘would’ changes.”我們想要做一件事.在想要做的時候便應(yīng)該做.因?yàn)檫@“想要”是會變的。
4. would have. wish to have,require 想要，希望有，需要。
△H.V.4.1.31: “I and my bosom must debate awhile. / And then I would no other company.”我心里有事.要自己盤算一下.在這種時候我不想有人陪伴。
△ H.V.5.2.68:“If,Duke of Burgundy,you would the peace，”如果，勃艮第公爵，你們想要和平。
△2H.VI.2.3.21:“Sor-row would solace and mine age would ease.”憂傷需要安慰，我這衰暮之年也需要休息。
5. would like to do,wish to do 想做，希望做。
△Ham. 4.5.124 (125): “That treason can but peep to what itwould，”叛逆者只能來窺看，卻無從實(shí)行他的野心。
6. wished,desired,required 希望，愿望，要求。
△As.3.2.162 (153): “Heaven would that she these gifts should have，”上天注定讓她具有這種種的秉賦。
7. was accustomed to,was wont to 習(xí)慣于，慣常于。
△ Oth. 1.3.147: “But still the house affairs would draw her thence；”但是家務(wù)事總常常把她從那里支走。
8. wanted to想要，偏要。
△Mac.1.7.51: “Nor timenor place/Did then adhere,and yet you would makeboth.”i.e. Then neither the time nor the place weresuitable for the murder,and yet you wanted to makeboth serve your purpose.那時候，無論時間和地點(diǎn)都不適宜，你卻偏要實(shí)現(xiàn)你的愿望。
9.i.e.I would,I wish我愿，我希望，但愿，寧愿。
△Tw.1.3.66 (61):“An thou let part so,Sir Andrew,wouldthou mightest never draw sword again!”要是你讓她這樣走了，安德魯爵士，我愿你永遠(yuǎn)不再拔出劍來充漢子！
△Tw. 3.1.115(103): “For his thoughts,/ Would they wereblanks,rather than filled with me”至于他的心思，我寧愿它是一片空白，也不愿它充滿了我。
△Ham.3.4.16:“And. would it were not,so,you are my mother.”而且——我但愿不是！ ——你還是我的母親。
△3H.VI.3.2.125:“ Would he were wasted,marrow,bones,and all.”但愿他的身子連骨髓、骨頭全部耗盡。
△H.VIII.5.3.82(5.2.117):“Would you were half so honest!”我希望你能有我一半的忠實(shí)就好了！
Phrases:
would I or not: whether I wanted it or not不管我要不要。
△Tw.1.5. 322 (301): “He left this ring behindhim,/ Would I or not.”他不管我要不要，硬把這個戒指留在這里了。
would fain be doing: be eager to get on with the busi-ness巴不得把事情早點(diǎn)辦好。
△Shr.2.1.74: “O pardonme,Signior Gremio,I would fain be doing ”啊，請?jiān)?，格萊米歐先生，我急想作成這門親事。 would[wud]v.將，會，要，總會
◇ would rather 寧愿，寧可
‖ would-be[?wudbi:]adj.想要成為的，自稱的，所謂的
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