would-be 的 2 个定义
- wishing or pretending to be: a would-be wit.
- intended to be: a would-be kindness.
- a person who wishes or pretends to be something: Opera singers and would-bes should practice at least four hours a day.
would-be 近义词
aspiring
更多would-be例句
- But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
- To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
- It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
- Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
- Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
- "Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
- Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.
- You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
- He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
- And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.