would

中文： 会、过去常常、偏要

1. Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. · On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.· Hi! I thought I'd come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
2. Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London) · When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
3. Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something. · I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
4. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another. · If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.· I'd never do anything that went against my conscience.
5. Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action. · I would love to come and visit.· Look at that yummy cake! I would eat that all up!
6. Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc. · I would ask you all to sit down.· I would imagine that they have already left.
7. Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation. · It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I would write and complain.
8. Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption. · She looked as if she would be sick.· He's very security-conscious, so he would have remembered to lock the door.