would: [OE] Would goes back to wold-, the Old English past tense of will. Its vowel is inherited from the Indo-European variant *wol- (as in German wollen ‘will, want’), rather than the *wel- that produced the English present form will. Its use as an auxiliary to form the conditional dates back to the Old English period. => will
would
Old English wolde, past tense and past subjunctive of willan "to will" (see will (v.)). Would-be (adj.) "wishing to be, vainly pretending" is first recorded c. 1300.
雙語例句
1. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
當生活很艱難，你想要放棄的時候，請記住，生活充滿了起起落落，如果沒有低穀，那站在高處也失去了意義。
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2. I would prefer him to be with us next season.
我更希望他下一個賽季和我們在一起。
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3. I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一個人過肯定很孤獨。
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4. Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.
這個隊伍的豐富經驗和表現出來的實力是眾所公認的。
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5. More people would be attracted to cycling if conditions were right.