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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1166页（1781字）

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(shall的过去式)a．uxv．①(在间接引语中，表示过去将要发生的行为)将，会：Itold you I should be glad to do it(=I told you：“I shall be glad to do it”)．我曾告诉你，我是高兴去做的．You said that you should go(=You said：“I shall go”)．你说过你去．He said that he should be ready to attack at daybreak(=He said：“I shall be readyto attack at daybreak”)．他说他将准备好黎明进行攻击②(用于各种人称，表示责任、义务、要求、命令等，指现在或过去)应该，必须：You should keep discipline．你应该遵守纪律．We should always bear in mind Chairman Mao’s teachings．我们必须牢记毛主席的教导．He should not have made so much noise．他不应当这样噪闹．③(用于虚拟语气条件句，表示现在或将来的行动)：If the imperialists should dare to start a war，the whole capitalist system would be wiped out from the world．如果帝国主义者竟敢发动战争，整个资本主义制度将从世界上被消灭掉．If he should come，I would ask him to call you up．万一他来了，我就让他给你打电话．④(用于虚拟语气主句，表示现在，将来或过去的行动)：We should go on with the work，even it we were to meet all sorts of difficulties．即使会碰到种种困难，我们也要把这件工作坚持下去．But for your help，we should have failed．要不是你们的帮助，我们就不会成功．⑤(用于委婉表达意见，表示客气等句中，指现在或过去)：I should think he is right．我想他是对的．I should like to see it．我想要看一看．Sshould you like tea?你要不要喝茶?You should have visited him again．你本应当再去看望他一下．⑥(用于表示惊讶、惶惑、怀疑、不满等句子中，指现在或过去)：How should I know?我怎么会知道?Why should you be so late today?你今天怎么来得这么晚?It is surprising that he should be so foolish．想不到他竟会愚笨到这个样子．It is wonderful that the Chinese people should have achieved So much in these twenty years．中国人民二十年来取得这样的成就，真了不起．⑦(表示可能性或期待)该，大概：They should arrive by now，I think．我想他们现在该到了．⑧(用于目的状语从句)会，可以，能够：He worked hard lest he should disappoint the hopes of the people．他辛勤地工作，唯恐辜负人民的期望．I lent him the book so that he should study the subject．我把这本书借给他，以便他研究这个问题．⑨(用于陈述从句，表示说话者的意志、命令、约定等)一定，必须：I promised him that he should have the book．我答应一定给他这本书．You said you would not do it，but I said you should do it．你说你不愿意做那件事，但是我说你一定要做那件事．