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零基础学英语:may & might词汇辨析

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发表于 2016-7-9 22:45:18 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  May and might are both ways of expressing possibility. Is there a
difference between the way in which they should be used?
          May和might这两个词汇都是可能性的不同表达。它们使用方法是否有不同呢?
          Some people insist that you should use may (present tense) when talking
about a current situation and might (past tense) when talking about an event
that happened in the past. For example:
          有人认为在谈论当前的情形时(现在时态)应该使用may,在谈论过去发生的事件时(过去时态)应使用might:
          I may go home early if I’m tired. (present tense)
          如果我觉的累了,我会早点回家。(现在时态)
          He might have visited Italy before settling in Nuremberg. (past tense)
          在他定居纽伦堡之前他可能去过意大利。(过去时态)
          实际上,现在对这两个词的时态区分也已经很少了,一般情况下这两个词语可以互相替换。比如上面两个例句还可以这样写:
          I might go home early if I’m tired.
          如果我觉的累了,我会早点回家。
          He may have visited Italy before settling in Nuremberg.
          在他定居纽伦堡之前他可能去过意大利。
          may和might有一些固定的区别:如果事情的真相在当时并不知晓,这种情况用may和might都是可以的:
          By the time you read this, he may have made his decision.
          到你读到它的时候,他可能已经做了决定。
          I think that comment might have offended some people.
          我认为这条评论可能会触犯一些人。
          如果一些事在说话时已确定没有发生,这种情况最好用might:
          The draw against Italy might have been a turning point, but it didn't turn
out like that.
          与意大利打成平局可能成为一个转折点,结果却并不是这样。
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