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should

/shood/US // ʃʊd //UK // (ʃʊd) //

应,应该,应当,应该的

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : simple past tense of shall.
    • : : Were he to arrive, I should be pleased.
    • : must; ought: You should not do that.
    • : would: I should think you would apologize.

Phrases

  • should have stood in bed, I
  • (should) get one's head examined

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhave

Examples

  • Apparently, Shakespeare coined 1,700 words, from the frequently used (excitement) to the should-be-more frequently used (spewed).

  • I never had to go through the should-I-stay-at-home conversation.

  • Most thought-provoking for me, however, in this should-have-been story is the moral at the end.

  • The problem is that Scott is unpopular—awkward, should-we-be-seen-with-him-in-public unpopular.

  • Less obvious: To what degree can/should advanced countries act unilaterally without waiting for a grand global bargain?

  • They have a model of the man-as-he-should-be to which they mold him, in spite of himself and without his knowledge.

  • The type of the man-as-he-should-be varies by fashion, and this type exerts a great selection in the education of the young.

  • In mediæval society there were strongly defined ideals of the man-as-he-should-be.

  • Is the ideal of the man-as-he-should-be to be found, for us, in the "common man," or in the highest product of our culture?

  • But do you not see that though the King should-300- favour us, yet Amneris's rage would be beyond all bounds?