should
modal
v (neg 否定式 should not, contracted form 縮約式 shouldn't )
1
(a) (indicating obligation 用以表示義務或責任)
You shouldn't drink and drive.你不應該喝酒後開車.
Visitors should inform the receptionist of their arrival. 來賓在到達時應當知會接待員.
We should have bought a new lock for the front door. 我們本該買把新鎖安在前門上. =>Usage 1 at must 見must所附用法第1項.
(b) (indicating advice or recommendation 用以表示勸告或推薦)
He should stop smoking. 他應該戒煙.
You shouldn't leave a baby alone in the house. 你不應該把幼兒一個人留在家里.
They should have called the police. 他們本應該叫警察的. =>Usage 2 at must 見must所附用法第2項.
2 (drawing a tentative conclusion 用以表示試探性的推斷)
We should arrive before dark. 我們按說能在天黑前到達.
The roads should be less crowded today. 今天路上不致於那麼擁擠了.
I should have finished reading it by Friday. 我大概到星期五能把它看完. => Usage 3 at must 見must所附用法第3項.
3 (fml 文) (used to describe the consequence of an imagined event 用以表達假定的結果)
If I was asked to work on Sundays I should resign. 要是叫我星期天上班, 我就辭職.
We should move to a larger house if we had the money. 我們要是有錢就找個大房子住了.
4 (used in a that-clause after the adjs anxious, sorry, concerned, happy, delighted, etc 用在形容詞anxious、 sorry、 concerned、 happy、 delighted等後接的that從句中)
I'm anxious that he should be well cared for. 我盼望他能受到很好的照顧.
We're sorry that you should feel uncomfortable. 你覺得在這兒不舒服, 我們非常抱歉.
That he should speak to you like that is quite astonishing. 他竟然這樣對你說話, 實在讓人吃驚.
I am delighted that he should take that view. 他有那種看法, 我十分高興.
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之後或將主語與動詞倒置, 表示某事不太可能發生)
If you should change your mind, do let me know. 萬一你要改變主意, 一定要告訴我.
If he should have forgotten to go to the airport, nobody will be there to meet her. 要是他忘了去機場, 就沒人去那兒接她了.
Should anyone phone (ie If anyone phones), please tell them I'm busy. 有人打電話來, 就說我很忙.
6 (fml 文) (used after so that/in order that to express purpose 用於so that/in order that之後表示目的或動機)
He put the cases in the car so that he should be able to make an early start. 他把箱子放在汽車里, 這樣他就可以早點動身了.
She repeated the instructions slowly in order that he should understand. 她把那些指示慢慢重復了一遍好讓他聽明白.
7
(a) (used to make polite requests 用作表示請求的客氣說法)
I should like to make a phone call, if possible. 勞駕, 我想打個電話.
We should be grateful for your help. 承您協助, 不勝感激. Cf 參看 would1 2a.
(b) (used with imagine, say, think, etc to give tentative opinions 與imagine、 say、 think等連用, 表達不成熟的意見)
I should imagine it will take about three hours. 我想得花大約三個鐘頭.
I should say she's over forty. 我說她有四十多歲了.
`Is this long enough?' `I should think so.' `這個夠長嗎?'`我看可以了.'
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(a) (used with question words to express lack of interest, disbelief, etc 與疑問詞連用, 表示不感興趣、 難以相信等)
How should I know? 我怎麼知道呢?
Why should he think that? 他怎麼那麼想呢?
(b) (used with question words to express surprise 與疑問詞連用表示驚訝)
I was thinking of going to see John when who should appear but John him...
?? 擴展釋義
*[?ud]aux. 應該, 將要相關詞組: I should have thought I should like I should think
?? 同為「小學」詞匯
aboveprep. (表示程度)超過;(表示等級)在…之上;(表示位置)在…正上方;(表示比較)優于;
adv. 在上面;以上;上述;
n. 上述;
adj. 上述的;