would-be meaning in English
adj.
自称的，冒充的，所谓；想…的。 a would-be poet 自命的诗人。 a would-be suicide 未遂的自杀。
n.
想要成为某种人物的人。
Examples
- That will scare a lot of other would-be jacksons .
这可以吓唬住不少想学杰克逊的人。 - The would-be american mystic is often interrupted in his study .
想要当美国神秘主义者的人在修行时经常被人打搅。 - So many would-be slimmers fail to stay the course and fall by the wayside .
有很多想身材苗条的人没能坚持到底而中途败下阵来。 - Company installations were attacked by would-be terrorists who acted in ignorance .
公司设备遭到所谓恐怖分子即那些愚昧无知的人的袭击。 - It encourages the would-be american poet to rely too exclusively on a rapt and bardic intuition .
它鼓励未来的美国诗人完全依靠发狂似的诗人的直觉。