might
n. 力氣; 力量; 威力; 權力
modal 可能,可以(may的過去式); 應該
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...
絕大多數建築中可能會全面禁止吸菸。
The two countries might go to war...
兩國有可能交戰。
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...
她和西蒙的父親還沒有放棄他或許還活著的希望。
You might be right...
你或許是對的。
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.
如果製造的汽車方向盤是裝在右邊的,美國可能會在這些島嶼賣出更多的汽車。
...the type of person who might appear in a fashion magazine.
那種可能會登上時裝雜誌的人
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...
我聽見了一聲巨響,可能是爆炸聲。
She thought the shooting might have been an accident...
她想這次槍擊可能是一次意外。
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...
如果她當時不得不放棄騎腳踏車的話,她或許就從事她很有優勢的帆船運動了。
Had the bomb dropped over a populated area of the city, there might have been a great deal of damage...
如果炸彈投在了該市人口密集的地區,那損失就大了。
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...
他也許是個很無聊的人,可是卻像黃鼠狼一樣機靈。
They might not have two cents to rub together, but at least they have a kind of lifestyle that is different.
他們也許窮得叮噹響,但他們至少擁有一種不同的生活方式。
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...
我不在的時候,你打掃一下廚房總該可以吧。
You might have told me that before!
你之前應該告訴我那件事情!
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...
他們不妨停止在電視上做廣告,這樣做可能是明智之舉。
You might try the gas station down the street...
你可以到街那頭的加油站試試。
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?...
我能否提個建議?
Might I ask what you're doing here?...
我可不可以問一下,您在這裡幹什麼?
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.'...
“簡怎麼樣?”她問道。——“如你所料,情況不好。”
The drivers, as you might imagine, didn't care much for that.
和想象中的一樣,這些司機對此並不太在意。
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...
親戚們不斷打電話過來,不客氣地說,他們並非全都出於最好的動機。
It didn't come as a great surprise to me, I might say.
可以這麼說,這並沒有令我大吃一驚。
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...
我早該知道你會跟哪個小娼婦在一起。
'I detest clutter, you know.' — 'I didn't know, but I might have guessed.'
“我特別厭惡雜亂無章,你是知道的。”——“我可不知道,不過我早該猜到了。”
1. physical strength
energy, force, power, might, strength, vigour
這些名詞均有"力"之意。
might as well
[用於非積極性建議]倒不如;(滿)可以
[用於表示情況相同,就好像所述假設是真的]就如同,會和…一樣
might have known (或 guessed)
[用於表示對某事不感到驚奇]就知道
might is right
強權即真理
with all one's might
竭盡全力
with might and main
拼命地
He might get here in time, but I can't be sure.
他可能及時來到這裡, 不過我不能確定.
He might have had the grace to say he was sorry!
他本有雅量做說聲抱歉的!
You can't sleep out; anything might happen to you.
你不能離家外宿, 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.
我們本能地懂得, 正如養蜂人對待蜜蜂一樣,如果不把我們生活中的重大事件告訴這條河,我們就會遭到厄運的襲擊.
She feared that she might not find him in his office.
她怕在辦公室會找不到他.