shall

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shall /ʃəl; strong ʃæl/ S1 W1 modal verb (negative short form shan’t)

1 shall I/we ... ? ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingSUGGEST spoken used to make a suggestion, or ask a question that you want the other person to decide about …好吗？要不要…？〔用于提建议或要求他人作决定的问句中〕

Shall I open the window?

要我开窗吗？

Shall we say 6 o'clock, then?

那么，我们就定在6点钟好吗？

What shall I get for dinner?

晚饭要我弄点什么？

2 I/we shall WILL especially British EnglishBrE formal used to say what you will do in the future 我/我们将要

We shall be away next week.

我们下周要出去。

I shall have to be careful.

我得当心。

I’ve never liked her and I never shall.

我从来都不喜欢她，以后也不会。

We shall have finished by Friday.

星期五前我们就能完成了。

Examples from the Corpus

I/we shall• Three Levels on which rationality has practical significance may be distinguished, which I shall call groundedness, enlightenment and emancipation.• This raises a general question which is central to these areas, and which I shall call the representation problem.• I don't know what it will be, but I shall find a way to help her in the end.• And thus we shall get the Government that we deserve.• Either: As agreed at our initial meeting, we shall inform your auditors of this appointment.• It is a kindness I shall never forget.• That is a point to which I shall return in the next chapter.• As we shall see later, the ongoing health of children in Seascale has become a critical issue for the nuclear industry.

3 formal or old-fashionedWILL used to emphasize that something will definitely happen, or that you are determined that something should happen 〔某事〕必定，一定〔发生〕

The truth shall make you free.

真理必令你们得自由。

I said you could go, and so you shall.

我说了你可以去，你就一定可以去。

4 formalSCL used in official documents to state an order, law, promise etc 应该，必须〔用于正式文件中，表示命令、法律、允诺等〕

All payments shall be made in cash.

所有款项都必须以现金支付。

Examples from the Corpus

shall• No such authorization shall be given without the manager's written consent.• If you can advise me I shall be very grateful.• I shall come to you for advice, said Liz.• I shall consider briefly how these historical changes have affected patterns of support between family members.• We shall have even less time than before to enrich the curriculum with a range of imaginative exploratory activity.• Some are political, and to these we shall return in a moment.• We shall see how this affects the question of determinism in these theories.• As we shall see in the next chapter, many of these practices are still in use.• Being Prime Minister was' the most enormous privilege ... and one I shall treasure.• But here again it appears that poor Michael was, shall we say, not fully briefed.

Origin shall

Old English sceal

shall modal verb

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