Question

请问It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer. 怎么译

其中should have这儿是虚拟语气吗？怎么翻译呢？
高人帮帮忙，谢谢。

Answer 1

这个优势地位逐渐随着其他国家的日益强盛而缩小是不可避免的。
这是should have done的用法：
请看下面的资料：
should have done只用于谈论过去情况，主要有两个用法：

■用于推测过去已经发生的情况。如：

He should have arrived by now. 此时他本该到了。

The letter should have arrived by now. 信现在该到了。

The train should have already left. 火车大概已经开走了吧。

I can’t think why he should have been so angry. 我想不通他怎么会这样生气。

■用于指本该发生而实际上未发生的情况。如：

You should have told me so before. 你早就应该告诉我。

Look at the time! We should have been at the theatre ten minutes ago. 瞧都什么时候了! 十分钟前我们就该到戏院了。

希望能帮到你。

Answer 2

should have 是虚拟语气 翻译为 应该做而没有做