might
n. 力气; 力量; 威力; 权力
modal 可能,可以(may的过去式); 应该
You use might to indicate that something will possibly happen or be true in the future, but you cannot be certain.
Smoking might be banned totally in most buildings...
绝大多数建筑中可能会全面禁止吸烟。
The two countries might go to war...
两国有可能交战。
You use might to indicate that there is a possibility that something is true, but you cannot be certain.
She and Simon's father had not given up hope that he might be alive...
她和西蒙的父亲还没有放弃他或许还活着的希望。
You might be right...
你或许是对的。
You use might to indicate that something could happen or be true in particular circumstances.
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。
...the type of person who might appear in a fashion magazine.
那种可能会登上时装杂志的人
You use might have with a past participle to indicate that it is possible that something hap-pened or was true, or when giving a possible explanation for something.
I heard what might have been an explosion...
我听见了一声巨响,可能是爆炸声。
She thought the shooting might have been an accident...
她想这次枪击可能是一次意外。
You use might have with a past participle to indicate that something was a possibility in the past, although it did not actually happen.
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。
Had the bomb dropped over a populated area of the city, there might have been a great deal of damage...
如果炸弹投在了该市人口密集的地区,那损失就大了。
You use might in statements where you are accepting the truth of a situation, but contrasting it with something that is more important.
He might be a bore, but he was as quick-witted as a weasel...
他也许是个很无聊的人,可是却像黄鼠狼一样机灵。
They might not have two cents to rub together, but at least they have a kind of lifestyle that is different.
他们也许穷得叮当响,但他们至少拥有一种不同的生活方式。
You use might when you are saying emphatically that someone ought to do the thing mentioned, especially when you are annoyed because they have not done it.
And while I'm out you might clean up the kitchen...
我不在的时候,你打扫一下厨房总该可以吧。
You might have told me that before!
你之前应该告诉我那件事情!
You use might to make a suggestion or to give advice in a very polite way.
They might be wise to stop advertising on television...
他们不妨停止在电视上做广告,这样做可能是明智之举。
You might try the gas station down the street...
你可以到街那头的加油站试试。
You use might as a polite way of interrupting someone, asking a question, making a request, or introducing what you are going to say next.
Might I make a suggestion?...
我能否提个建议?
Might I ask what you're doing here?...
我可不可以问一下,您在这里干什么?
You use might in expressions such as as you might expect and as you might imagine in order to indicate that the statement you are making is not surprising.
'How's Jan?' she asked. — 'Bad. As you might expect.'...
“简怎么样?”她问道。——“如你所料,情况不好。”
The drivers, as you might imagine, didn't care much for that.
和想象中的一样,这些司机对此并不太在意。
You use might in expressions such as I might add and I might say in order to emphasize a statement that you are making.
Relatives ring up constantly, not always for the best motives, I might add...
亲戚们不断打电话过来,不客气地说,他们并非全都出于最好的动机。
It didn't come as a great surprise to me, I might say.
可以这么说,这并没有令我大吃一惊。
You use might in expressions such as I might have known and I might have guessed to indicate that you are not surprised at a disappointing event or fact.
I might have known I'd find you with some little slut...
我早该知道你会跟哪个小娼妇在一起。
'I detest clutter, you know.' — 'I didn't know, but I might have guessed.'
“我特别厌恶杂乱无章,你是知道的。”——“我可不知道,不过我早该猜到了。”
1. physical strength
energy, force, power, might, strength, vigour
这些名词均有"力"之意。
might as well
[用于非积极性建议]倒不如;(满)可以
[用于表示情况相同,就好像所述假设是真的]就如同,会和…一样
might have known (或 guessed)
[用于表示对某事不感到惊奇]就知道
might is right
强权即真理
with all one's might
竭尽全力
with might and main
拼命地
He might get here in time, but I can't be sure.
他可能及时来到这里, 不过我不能确定.
He might have had the grace to say he was sorry!
他本有雅量做说声抱歉的!
You can't sleep out; anything might happen to you.
你不能离家外宿, 你有可能出事的.
We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
我们本能地懂得, 正如养蜂人对待蜜蜂一样,如果不把我们生活中的重大事件告诉这条河,我们就会遭到厄运的袭击.
She feared that she might not find him in his office.
她怕在办公室会找不到他.