- would
- [wud]
aux vb1) (conditional tense)
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I would love to go to Italy — 我很愿意去意大利 [wǒ hěn yuànyì qù Yìdàlì]*
you would never guess that... — 你永远猜不到...*
I'm sure he wouldn't do that — 我确定他不会那么做的*
if you asked him he would do it — 如果你要求的话他会做的*
if you had asked him he would have done it — 如果你问过他的话，他早就会做了2) (in offers, invitations, requests)*
would you like a biscuit? — 你要来块饼干吗？ [nǐ yào lái kuàn bǐnggān ma?]*
would you ask him to come in? — 你要叫他进来吗？*
would it be all right if I sat down? — 我可以坐下吗？*
he asked me if I would go with him — 他问我是否愿意和他一起去3) (be willing to)*
she wouldn't help me — 她不愿意帮助我 [tā bù yuànyì bāngzhù wǒ]*
she wouldn't behave — 她不会老老实实的*
the door wouldn't open — 门是打不开的*
I wish you would tidy your room — 但愿你会收拾你的房间4) (in indirect speech)*
he said he would be at home later — 他说他晚点儿会在家的 [tā shuō tā wǎndiǎnr huì zàijiā de]*
she asked me if I would be angry if... — 她问我如果...我是否会生气5) (used to)*
he would spend every day on the beach — 他以前天天都呆在沙滩上 [tā yǐqián tiāntiān dōu dāi zài shātān shang]6) (conjecture)*
you wouldn't know him — 你一定认不出他的 [nǐ yīdìng rèn bù chū tā de]*
it would have been midnight — 可能已经是半夜了7) (emphatic annoyance) 老是 [lǎoshì]*
it would have to snow today! — 今天又得下雪！*
you would say that, wouldn't you! — 你会那么说，是不是！8) (insistence)*
I didn't want her to, but she would do it — 我不想她这么做，但她会的 [wǒ bù xiǎng tā zhème zuò, dàn tā huì de]
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
