would

aux v

1. [will的过去式，表示过去、将来用于间接引语中] 将会；打算

• He said he would be eighteen years old soon. 他说他就要满18岁了。

• I said I would support them. 我说我会支持他们的。

2. [表示主语的意志、主张或将会产生的结果] 就，该

• If she lived nearer, I would invite her. 假如她住得近些，我就会邀请她的。

3. [表示意愿等] 要；肯；会

• I would like to have a rest. 我想休息一下。

4. [表示过去的习惯等] 老是，总会

• When I was a child, I would often go skiing. 我小时侯经常去滑雪。

• We would stay up all night talking about our future. 那时侯我们常常彻夜讨论我们的未来。

5. [表示设想、推测等] 兴许，大概

• It would seem that something is wrong with this car. 看来这部汽车出毛病了。

• I suppose the writer would have been about thirty when he published his first work. 我想这位作家出第一部作品的时候，大概是30岁左右。

6. 可以

• The bucket would hold four gallons of water. 这只水桶可装4加仑水。

7. [表示婉转请求]

• Would you please lend me a bike? 请你借给我一辆自行车好吗？

• Would you mind opening the window? 请打开窗户好吗？

词组would better do 最好… would rather do 宁愿做…，宁可做…

• He would rather be poor than get money by dishonest methods. 他宁愿贫穷，也不愿以不正当的手段捞钱。

• Would (to God)that ... 愿…，希望…

• Would (to God)that he had come home safe! 但愿他已经平安返家。