Shall is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. shall 是情态动词,和动词原形连用。
- MODAL (用在疑问句中,与I和we连用表示提出或征求意见)
You use shall with 'I' and 'we' in questions in order to make offers or suggestions, or to ask for advice.
- Shall I get the keys?...
我去拿钥匙好吗? - I bought some lovely raisin buns at the bakery. Shall I bring you one with some tea?...
我在面包店里买了些很好吃的葡萄干圆面包,要不要我给你拿一个,再来点儿茶? - Shall I telephone her and ask her to come here?...
要不要我打电话让她过来? - Well, shall we go?...
嗯,我们可以走了吗? - Let's have a nice little stroll, shall we?...
我们悠悠哉哉地溜达一会儿,好不好? - What shall I do?
我该怎么办呢?
- MODAL (通常与 I 和 we 连用)将要,将会
You use shall, usually with 'I' and 'we', when you are referring to something that you intend to do, or when you are referring to something that you are sure will happen to you in the future.
- We shall be landing in Paris in sixteen minutes, exactly on time...
我们将于 16 分钟后准时在巴黎降落。 - I shall sail out on the twenty-second...
我将于 22 日启航。 - I shall know more next month, I hope...
我希望下个月会了解更多情况。 - I shall miss him terribly.
我会非常想念他。
- MODAL (与I和we连用,在演讲或文章中用于引出将要讨论或解释的内容)后面要,下文会
You use shall with 'I' or 'we' during a speech or piece of writing to say what you are going to discuss or explain later.
- In Chapter 3, I shall describe some of the documentation that I gathered...
在第三章,我会介绍我收集到的一些文献记录。 - We shall refer here to three significant trends that arose in the previous decade...
这里我们将提及过去 10 年中出现的 3 个显著趋势。 - The building, as we shall see, is very different in its internal planning, with a great complex of halls and rooms.
正如我们下面将看到的,这幢大楼的内部结构风格迥异,走廊和房间如迷宫般复杂交错。
- MODAL (通常指按照规则或法律规定)必须,一定,将
You use shall to indicate that something must happen, usually because of a rule or law. You use shall not to indicate that something must not happen.
- The president shall hold office for five years...
总统将任职 5 年。 - The Security Council shall decide what measures shall be taken to restore peace and security...
安理会将决定采取何种措施来恢复和平与安全。 - The bank shall be entitled to debit the amount of such liability and all costs incurred in connection with it to your account...
银行将有权把此类债务的数额以及随之产生的所有相关费用计入你的账户借方。 - You shall not make this speech...
你不能做这个演讲。 - If you want to pry into other people's business you shall not do it here, young man.
如果你想刺探别人的隐私,那你来错地方了,年轻人。
- MODAL (通常与 you 连用)可以,能够
You use shall, usually with 'you', when you are telling someone that they will be able to do or have something they want.
- Very well, if you want to go, go you shall...
好吧,如果你想走,就走吧。 - 'I want to hear all the gossip, all the scandal.' — 'You shall, dearie, you shall!'
“把所有的八卦,所有的丑闻都告诉我吧。”——“好的,亲爱的,好的。” - 'What I would like, is a membership list and some information on how the Society is run.'—'Then that is what you shall have.'
“我想要的是一份成员名单和有关这个社团如何运作的一些信息。”——“好的,我会给你这些的。”
- MODAL (用于 look forward to 和 hope 之类的动词前表示语气的委婉)
You use shall with verbs such as 'look forward to' and 'hope' to say politely that you are looking forward to something or hoping to do something.
- Well, we shall look forward to seeing him tomorrow...
嗯,我们期待着明天与他会面。 - I shall hope to see you in my office, young lady, and we'll review your portfolio.
希望你能到我办公室来,小姐,我们将审查一下你的资料。
- MODAL (表示可能的结果或后果)应该,就会
You use shall when you are referring to the likely result or consequence of a particular action or situation.
- When big City firms cut down on their entertainments, we shall know that times really are hard...
当伦敦商业区的大公司削减他们的娱乐活动开支,我们就知道世道真的变得艰难了。 - This is our last chance and we shall need to take it if we are to compete and survive.
这是我们最后的机会,如果我们想要竞争并存活下来的话,就一定要抓住这次机会。
- shall I say → see: say