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would-be

/wood-bee/US // ˈwʊdˌbi //

将会是,将要,将会,将来的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : wishing or pretending to be: a would-be wit.
    • : intended to be: a would-be kindness.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who wishes or pretends to be something: Opera singers and would-bes should practice at least four hours a day.

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Examples

  • 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.