關(guān)于may與might的用法要點(diǎn)歸納 1. 表示允許 (1) 表示請(qǐng)求允許(即請(qǐng)求別人允許自己做某事),兩者都可用,,只是 might 表示的語氣較委婉(但并不表示過去),。 如: May I come
round in the morning? 我早上來行嗎? I wonder if I
might use your phone. 不知可否用一下你的電話。 I’d like to
ask a question if I may. 如果可以的話,,我想提個(gè)問題,。 (2) 表示給予允許(即自己允許別人做某事),只用能 may而不能用might,。 如: You may stop
now. 你現(xiàn)在可以停下來了,。 注意,,might 表示允許通常不表示過去,但是在間接引語(即賓語從句)中可以用作 may 的過去式來轉(zhuǎn)述已給予的允許,。 如: She said that
he might take her dictionary. 她說他可以拿她的詞典去用,。 2.
表示推測(cè) (1) 后接動(dòng)詞原形,,表示對(duì)現(xiàn)在或?qū)淼耐茰y(cè)。 如: He may
[might] be in his office now. 他現(xiàn)在說不定在辦公室里。 Might he know the
answer? 他可能知道答案嗎? (2) 后接動(dòng)詞進(jìn)行式,,表示動(dòng)作正在進(jìn)行或?qū)⒁l(fā)生,。 如: They may
[might] be going abroad next
month. 他們可能在下個(gè)月出國。 Might he be
waiting for us at the station? 他會(huì)不會(huì)在車站等我們? (3) 后接動(dòng)詞完成式,,表示對(duì)過去可能發(fā)生的事進(jìn)行推測(cè),。 如: He may [might] have gone to have his hair cut. 他可能理發(fā)去了。 She may
[might] have read it in the
papers. 她可能在報(bào)上已讀到過此事,。 注意,,若不是單純地對(duì)過去可能發(fā)生的事進(jìn)行推測(cè),而是表示以下用法,,則只能用“might+完成式”,,而不能用“may+完成式”: ①表示過去本來可能發(fā)生而實(shí)際上沒有發(fā)生的情況,通常譯為“本來可以”“本來可能”等,。 如: She felt horror at
the thought of what might have
happened. 如: You might
have told us half an hour ago. 你半個(gè)鐘頭前告訴我就好了,。 You might have taken
the trouble to tell me the meeting was put
off. If you hadn’t
reminded me, I might have
forgotten. 你如不提醒我,,我可能就忘記了,。 If we had taken the
other road we might have arrived
earlier. 意為“不妨”“還是……為好”等,,用 might 比用 may 語氣更委婉。 如: We may [might] (just)
walk there. 我們不妨步行去,。 might as well有時(shí)還可用于指過去的情況或用于比較兩個(gè)令人不愉快的情況,。 如: Now that they were
all there she might as well speak her
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