should
应该; 将会; 可能; 本应
You use should when you are saying what would be the right thing to do or the right state for something to be in.
I should exercise more...
我应该多锻炼一些。
The diet should be maintained unchanged for about a year...
这样的饮食应保持约一年不变。
You use should to give someone an order to do something, or to report an official order.
All visitors should register with the British Embassy...
所有游客都必须到英国大使馆登记。
The European Commission ruled that British Aerospace should pay back tens of millions of pounds.
欧洲委员会裁定英国航空航天公司应该偿还数千万英镑。
If you say that something should have happened, you mean that it did not happen, but that you wish it had. If you say that something should not have happened, you mean that it did happen, but that you wish it had not.
I should have gone this morning but I was feeling a bit ill...
今天早晨我本应该走的,但是我觉得有点不舒服。
I should have been in the shade like all the other tourists, then I wouldn't have got burned...
我本应该像其他旅游者一样呆在阴凉处的,那么我就不会晒伤了。
You use should when you are saying that something is probably the case or will probably happen in the way you are describing. If you say that something should have happened by a particular time, you mean that it will probably have happened by that time.
You should have no problem with reading this language...
阅读这种语言你应该没问题。
The voters should by now be in no doubt what the parties stand for...
选民们现在应该确切知道各党派的主张了。
You use should in questions when you are asking someone for advice, permission, or information.
Should I or shouldn't I go to university?...
我该不该去上大学呢?
What should I do?...
我应该怎么做?
You say 'I should', usually with the expression 'if I were you', when you are giving someone advice by telling them what you would do if you were in their position.
I should look out if I were you!
如果我是你,我会小心的。
James, I should refuse that consultancy with Shapiro, if I were you...
詹姆斯,如果我是你,我就会拒绝向夏皮罗咨询。
You use should in conditional clauses when you are talking about things that might happen.
If you should be fired, your health and pension benefits will not be automatically cut off...
如果你被解雇,你的医疗和养老保险金不会自动中断。
Should you buy a home from Lovell, the company promises to buy it back at the same price after three years...
如果你从洛弗尔公司买房子,该公司承诺3年后以同样的价格再购回。
You use should in 'that' clauses after certain verbs, nouns, and adjectives when you are talking about a future event or situation.
He raised his glass and indicated that I should do the same...
他举起了杯子并且示意我也应该这样做。
I insisted that we should have a look at every car...
我坚持我们每辆车都应该看一下。
You use should in expressions such as I should think and I should imagine to indicate that you think something is true but you are not sure.
I should think it's going to rain soon...
我想可能马上要下雨了。
'I suppose that was the right thing to do.' — 'I should imagine so.'...
“我认为那样做是对的。”——“我想是吧。”
You use should in expressions such as I should like and I should be happy to show politeness when you are saying what you want to do, or when you are requesting, offering, or accepting something.
I should be happy if you would bring them this evening...
如果今晚你将他们带来的话,我会很高兴。
'I should like to know anything you can tell me,' said Kendal...
“只要是你能告诉我的,我都会洗耳恭听,”肯德尔说。
You use should in expressions such as You should have seen us and You should have heard him to emphasize how funny, shocking, or impressive something that you experienced was.
You should have heard him last night!
昨晚你真该听听他所说的。
You should have seen him when he first came out — it was so sad...
你真应该看看他第一次出现时的样子,真让人难过。
You use should in question structures which begin with words like 'who' and 'what' and are followed by 'but' to emphasize how surprising or shocking a particular event was.
I'm making these plans and who should I meet but this blonde guy and John.
我正在制订这些计划,没想到这时候居然遇上这个金发的家伙和约翰。
ought to, should
这两个情态动词均可表示"应该,应当"之意。
They came to an accord that profits should be shared equally.
他们达成协议,收益由大家均分.
We should draw a moral from the startling fact.
我们应当从这些触目惊心的事实中吸取教训.
The man of Qi worries in case the sky should fall.
杞人忧天.
It is absurd that they ( should ) deny my request.
他们拒绝我的要求是荒唐的.
Everybody's business should be everybody's responsibility.
大家的事大家管.