1、may ,might 或许,可能,可以。(might可以看作是may的过去式,这两bai个词除了时态不相同外,在表达意思的许多方面是相近的.当然may 和might又都有一些各自不同的独特用法.)
2、may间或用来表示祝愿,也常用于表示目的或让步的状语从句中。
3、might也常用于表示目的等状语从句中,或用于虚拟语气的结构中。
4、在回答以may引导的问句时,一般说来避免使用may,以免显得太严厉、或不太客气,而改用其他方式。
1、We may have some rain today
2、Civil rights officials say there may be hundreds of other cases of racial violence
3、A vegetarian diet may not provide enough calories for a child's normal growth
4、He may have been to some of those places
5、The bag has narrow straps, so it may be worn over the shoulder or carried in the hand
1、Smoking might be banned totally in most buildings
2、She and Simon's father had not given up hope that he might be alive
3、America might sell more cars to the islands if they were made with the steering wheel on the right.
如果制造的汽车方向盘是装在右边的,美国可能会在这些岛屿卖出更多的汽车。
4、I heard what might have been an explosion
5、If she had had to give up riding she might have taken up sailing competitively
如果她当时不得不放弃骑自行车的话,她或许就从事她很有优势的帆船运动了。