will作“願意,希望,想要”解時,可接名詞、代詞作賓語,也可接that引導的從句作賓語,從句中的'謂語動詞要用虛擬式。
will屬於表動詞語態的助動詞，類似於may，might等，沒有wills這一動詞的單數形式的說法。
例句：
Research will be needed as a preliminary to taking a decision.
作出決定之前需要進行研究。
This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.
這會給你的投資帶來10%的利潤。
It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.
僱請兩個人比僱請一個更好。
We estimated it would cost about 5 000.
我們估計要花費大約5000歐元。
No one could have foreseen things would turn out this way.
誰都沒有預料到事情的結果會這樣。