should

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

shou'd

V_ing/Gerund

shoulde

V_ed/pp

shouldshoulds

1.
(form of, past)simple past of shall
I told him that I should be busy tomorrow.
2.
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
3.
Ought to; expressing expectation.
4.
(auxiliary, defective, modal, no past, no present participle, participle, past, subjunctive)Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
If I should be late, I should hope that you are prepared to go on without me.
Should you need extra blankets, you will find them in the closet.
It's his proposal that there (should) not be several dozen units.
I regret that it should have happened, but I was really shocked that he should say that.
He is noted for coming up with his 'wager', in which he argued that he was prepared to believe in God on the grounds that he had nothing to lose if he was wrong, and everything to gain should he be right.
Đồng nghĩa: were
5.
An alternative to would with first person subjects.
6.
(auxiliary, defective, modal)To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

shouldsshou'dshoulde

1.
(auxiliary, defective, modal)Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

wereoughtobligation ought

Trái nghĩa

shouldn'tobligation shouldn't

Cùng gốc / liên quan

as who should saychildren should be seen and not heardhe who sups with the devil should have a long spoonhow should I knowI should coco,I should cocoamight shouldno one should be judge in his own caseno one should be judge in his own causeone should never meet one's heroesor should I sayproverbs should be sold in pairsproverbs should be writ in pairsproverbs should come in pairsproverbs should go in pairsshould-costthey should have sent a poetshould hopeshould onshould see the other guythough I say it who should not

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English scholde, from Old English sċolde, first and third person preterite form of sċulan (should,” “have to,” “to owe), the ancestor of shall. shall. Cognate with sollen sollte, 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰, skulle. Related to shild and shildy.