该中英惯用例句:
  • 我们认为不该责怪你.
    We consider that you are not to blame.
  • 晚上在照明很差的路上行走, 应该穿显眼的衣物.
    If you're walking along a badly-lit road at night you should wear conspicuous clothes.
  • 应该引导学生接触新思想.
    new ideas.
  • 这个故事在该杂志的下一期里继续刊载.
    is continued in the next issue of the magazine.
  • 你应该先仔细研究合同的条款, 然後再签订.
    make a contract until you have studied its provisions carefully.
  • 人人都应该尽自己的能力作贡献.
    Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford.
  • 该城现处於敌军的控制之下.
    under the control of enemy forces.
  • 对军火贸易应该严加限制.
    The arms trade should be subject to rigorous controls.
  • 不要老是蹈袭他人, 你应该有主见.
    Don't always copy what the others do; use your own ideas.
  • 该诗仍然享有版权, 因此你必须支付引用费.
    The poem is still under copyright, so you have to pay to quote it.
  • 该金属已锈蚀.
    because of rust.
  • 你不该对孩子娇生惯养.
    You shouldn't wrap your children in cotton wool, ie protect them too much from the world.
  • 该公司几乎入不敷出, 已经多年没有盈利了.
    costs; it hasn't made a profit for years.
  • 那特务暴露了身分, 只好离开该国.
    , and he had to leave the country.
  • 他疯了, 应该把他关起来.
    He's crazy; he ought to be locked up.
  • 至少也应该肯定他敢於尝试（虽未取得成功也该给予表扬）.
    At least give him credit for trying, ie praise him, even though he did not succeed.
  • 该表扬就给予表扬.
    Give credit where it's due.
  • 该书对政府的政策作出了批评性的分析.
    The book presents a critique of the Government's policies.
  • 该节目招致观众诸多不满.
    The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.
  • 谁在该案中代表王国政府出庭?
    in this case?
  • 大学应该是文化的中心.
    Universities should be centres of culture.
  • 你该理发了.
    Your hair could do with a cut, ie is too long.
  • 该船下沉二十英寻. =>App 5 见附录5.
    The ship sank in twenty fathoms.
  • 我们应该能把这辆汽车高价卖出. =>Usage at sell 用法见sell.
    for a good price.
  • 该居民点建立於1592年.
    This settlement was founded in 1592.
  • 我们该走了, 天越来越晚了. =>Usage at become 用法见become.
    We ought to go; it's getting late.
  • 你应该试试这种新烹饪法--味道好极了. =>Usage 2 at must must所附用法第2项.
    You've got to try this new recipe it's delicious.
  • 我希望这不是你对该问题的最後决定. to a man/to the last man => man. a week last Monday, etc => week.
    I hope that's not your last word on the subject.
  • 此时他本该到了. Cf 参看 then.
    He should have arrived by now.
  • 她本该当教师（很可能是个好教师）. =>Usage 2 at must 见must所附用法第2项.
    She ought to have been a teacher, ie She would probably have been a good one.
  • 主张保护自然环境的人同地产开发公司就该地前途进行了针锋相对的论战. Cf 参看 skirmish.
    Conservationists fought a pitched battle with developers over the future of the site.
  • 该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决. Cf 参看 referendum.
    plebiscite.