would可用作情态动词.
（1）表示愿望、决心、建议或看法.
1 would like to go there.我愿意到哪里去.
（2）表示过去的习惯.
He would often come to my house to see me.
他以前经常来我家看我.
在这个句子中,would属于（2）的意思.