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From the word’s history

From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, the ancestor of will.

源自古英文 wolde，是 will 的前身 willan 的過去式。

Wiktionary

You can think of would as 'will' one pace back from reality — into the imagined or the past. 'Will' points at the real future; 'would' points at a future that is only supposed, only conditional, or once looked-forward-to from an earlier time. That one backward step explains almost everything would does.

可以把 would 想成「will 往後退一步、離開現實」——退進假想，或退進過去。will 指向真實的未來；would 指向一個只是假設的、有條件的、或從過去某一刻往前看的未來。掌握這「退一步」的感覺，would 幾乎所有用法都串得起來。

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意思相近

couldwas going tocould youI thinkcould haveplanned tocan youI supposemight haveused towill youI imagine+11

意思相反

agreed to

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

wouldverb/wəd/

  • 1

    Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
    • Hi! I thought I'd come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
  • 2

    Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
    • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
  • 3

    Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
    • Then he took to breeding silk-worms, which he would bring in two or three times a day, in little paper boxes, to show the old lady[…].
  • 4

    archaicPast tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • And thenne at laste a-nother sayd that he wolde have eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she understod hym wel.
    • The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories […].
  • 5

    archaicPast tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • At which time he told me, he would to London that week, and so to Oxford.
    • He sat as one astonish'd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneel'd on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kiss'd his Hand[…].
  • 6

    obsoletePast tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

  • 7

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.
    • I'd never do anything that went against my conscience.
  • 8

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • I would love to come and visit.
    • Look at that yummy cake! I would eat that all up!
另外 7 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • I would ask you all to sit down.
    • I would imagine that they have already left.
  • 10

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I would write and complain.
  • 11

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • She looked as if she would be sick.
    • He's very security-conscious, so he would have remembered to lock the door.
  • 12

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • Sorry, officer, I wouldn't know anything about the crime, since I was nowhere near the scene.
    • The free access model, the media magnate said last week, was "malfunctioning". Well he would, wouldn't he?
  • 13

    A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • Would you pass the salt, please?
    • Just reach me down that file, would you.
  • 14

    archaicA modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • PARIS My lord, I would that Thursday were tomorrow.
    • KING HENRY Thou dost not wish more help from England, coz? WESTMORELAND God’s will, my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
  • 15

    archaicA modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

    • What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs?

wouldnoun/wəd/

  • 1

    Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

    • When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
    • Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.

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  • I would

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