wouldnt

S2 W1

in Vietnamese Không muốn, từ chối

BrE /wʊdnt/ AmE /wʊdnt/

verb en → vi

1 NEGATION OF WILLINGNESS [not + verb] A2

Không muốn, từ chối

used to say that you are unwilling or refuse to do something

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't go there · wouldn't eat that

  • I wouldn't buy it if I were you.

    Nếu là tôi, tôi không mua nó đâu.

2 NEGATION OF POSSIBILITY [not + verb] B1

Không thể, không có khả năng

used to say that something is not possible or unlikely

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't be able to · wouldn't manage to

  • We wouldn't have enough money.

    Chúng ta không có đủ tiền.

3 NEGATION OF HYPOTHETICAL [not + verb] B1

Nếu như (không đúng sự thật hoặc không có khả năng)

used to talk about a hypothetical situation that is not true or unlikely

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't have done · wouldn't be able to

  • If I were you, I wouldn't go.

    Nếu là tôi, tôi sẽ không đi đâu.

4 NEGATION OF PREFERENCE [not + verb] B1

Không thích, không muốn

used to say that something is not preferred or desired

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't want to · wouldn't like to

  • I wouldn't want to go.

    Tôi không muốn đi đâu.

5 NEGATION OF EXPECTATION [not + verb] B1

Không mong đợi, không dự đoán được

used to say that something is not expected or anticipated

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't expect to · wouldn't anticipate that

  • We wouldn't expect them to come.

    Chúng ta không mong đợi họ sẽ đến.

6 NEGATION OF POSSIBILITY (PAST) [not + verb] B1

Không thể, không có khả năng (trong quá khứ)

used to say that something was not possible or unlikely in the past

  • wouldn't have done sth

Collocations wouldn't have been able to · wouldn't have managed to

  • We wouldn't have had enough money.

    Chúng ta không có đủ tiền lúc đó.

7 NEGATION OF HYPOTHETICAL (PAST) [not + verb] B1

Nếu như (không đúng sự thật hoặc không có khả năng) (trong quá khứ)

used to talk about a hypothetical situation that did not happen in the past

  • wouldn't have done sth

Collocations wouldn't have been able to · wouldn't have managed to

  • If I had known, I wouldn't have gone.

    Nếu tôi biết trước, tôi sẽ không đi đâu.

8 NEGATION OF PREFERENCE (PAST) [not + verb] B1

Không thích, không muốn (trong quá khứ)

used to say that something was not preferred or desired in the past

  • wouldn't have done sth

Collocations wouldn't have wanted to · wouldn't have liked to

  • I wouldn't have wanted to go.

    Tôi không muốn đi lúc đó.