2024年5月7日发(作者：荣耀x30参数详细参数)

may 与might 的用法

1. 用以表示“可能”，“或许”；might用来表示未来情况，might have+过去分词用来表

示过去。

①That may or may not be true.那可能是真的，也可能不是真的。

②He may have (=perhaps he has) missed his train.他或许没赶上那班火车。

③This medicine may／might cure your cough. 这种药可能治好你的咳嗽。

④This might have cured your cough , if you had taken it.这药可能已经治好了你的

咳嗽，假如你以前吃过这种药的话。

⑤You may walk (=It is possible to walk) for miles and miles among the hills

without meeting anyone.你可能在山区走了许多英里路而遇不到任何人。

2. 用以表示许可或请求许可；might含有比较迟疑或缺乏自信之意

①May I come in? 我可以进来吗？

②Might I make a suggestion? 我可以提出一个建议吗？

③Well, if I may say so,…… 嗯，假如我可以这么说的话，……

④You may come if you wish.你要来就来好了。

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3. 用以表示不确定，询问或表露惊愕

①Well , who may you be ? 啊？你会是谁呢？

②How old may／might she be? 她的年龄会有多大呢？

4. 用以表示愿望和希望

①May you both be happy！ 祝你们两位幸福！

②Long may she live to enjoy her good fortune! 愿她长寿以享幸福！

5. 用以表示请求

① You might do me a favour, Please do sth for me. 请你帮我一点忙。

② I think you might at least offer to help. 我想你至少总该表示要帮忙。

6. 与well连用表示“有良好的理由”

① You may well say so. 你很有理由这么说。

② Well may／might you be surprised! 你当然会感到惊讶！

③ We may as well stay where we are, it seems reasonable to do so. 我们留在现在

的地方倒也不错。

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④ You might just as well go as not, there is just as much to be said in favour of

going as there is against. 你去也好，不去也好。

7. （在从句内）用以表示目的，并用于wish, fear, be afraid 等之后。

① He died so that others might live. 他死了，为了使旁人可以活下去。

② I’ll write to him today so that he may know when to expect us. 我今天要写信

给他，好让他知道我们什么时候会去。

③ I’m afraid the news may be true. 我恐怕这个消息可能是真的。

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