a [modifier] would
这里 would 是名词,表示在另一种条件下可能发生的事,可与修饰语连用。
A hypothetical would is not an actual event.
假设中的潜在可能并不是实际发生的事件。
潜在可能性;可能之事
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
潜在可能性;可能之事
A potentiality; something that might happen or be the case under different circumstances.
A hypothetical would is not an actual event.
假设中的潜在可能并不是实际发生的事件。
在不同情况下会发生或可能成为现实的事物;潜在可能性。
Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
Stop worrying about all the woulds and start doing something you can control.
别再担心各种假设的可能性,开始做一些你能控制的事情吧。
Her argument depends on too many woulds without any real evidence.
她的论证依赖于太多假设的可能性,却没有任何真实证据。
The whole plan is based on a single would: what if the market improves next year?
整个计划都建立在一个假设之上:万一明年市场好转呢?
这里 would 是名词,表示在另一种条件下可能发生的事,可与修饰语连用。
A hypothetical would is not an actual event.
假设中的潜在可能并不是实际发生的事件。
复数形式 woulds 指多种潜在可能;后接 of 说明这些可能属于哪种情况。
The woulds of a different choice are unknowable.
不同选择下的种种可能无法预知。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
各种假设和可能性
Please stop discussing ifs and woulds and tell me what you will actually do.
请不要再讨论各种假设和可能性,告诉我你实际会怎么做。
宁愿;宁可
I would rather stay in tonight than go to the party.
我今晚宁愿待在家里,也不想去参加聚会。
决不会考虑;无论如何也不会
She would not dream of telling a lie.
她无论如何也不会说谎。
那可不能说;我可不告诉你
So who's the surprise guest? That would be telling.
那么惊喜嘉宾是谁?那可不能说。
“我宁愿不这样做。”
In Herman Melville's story, Bartleby repeats the line "I would prefer not to" whenever his employer asks him to do something.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的小说中,每当雇主让他做事时,巴特比都会重复这句话:“我宁愿不这样做。”
“如果我在天堂见到你,你会知道我的名字吗?”
Eric Clapton asks "Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?" in his memorial song for his son.
埃里克·克莱普顿在悼念儿子的歌中问道:“如果我在天堂见到你,你会知道我的名字吗?”
Use would naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把常见的 would 反过来想:它作名词时,就是“换了条件就会成真的可能”,像 what would be 变成一件“将会怎样的事”。
语域:formal 常见场景:哲学或理论探讨、文学评论、正式写作 作名词时非常少见,属于书面或文学性用法,通常表示某种假设情况下的可能性。日常口语中几乎不用,正式语体中比较常见于抽象讨论。
作名词时通常用于哲学或理论讨论,指尚未实现的可能性。
Dictionary facts from AI_FALLBACK, BRIDGEDICT_CURATED_MODAL, CEFR_J.