| 单词 | may well |
| 释义 | may wellmay well 1 used to say that there is a good reason for a reaction, question, or feeling 很有理由〔作出某种反应、提出某个问题或产生某种情绪〕 ‘What’s all the noise?’ ‘You may well ask.’ “什么声音这么吵？”“你问得好。” Examples from the Corpus may well ask• What happened to Rodney, you may well ask.• Who is Danny Baker, you may well ask?• You may well ask if such precision is really necessary!• So why, you may well ask, try to grow it then?• The student may well ask what is the solution to this problem.• But why write a novel, you may well ask, when we were aiming to make a movie?• We may well ask: where shall I begin in teaching a brand new congregation?• He didn't know I always carry pistols under my cloak, and he may well ask why. → may well at may1(4) 2 PROBABLYused to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true 可能，或许，也许 What you say may well be true. 你说的或许是真的。 You could try the drugstore, but it might well be closed by now. 你可以到药店去看看，不过现在有可能关门了。 Examples from the Corpus may/might/could well• The requirements may well be modified as detailed work and discussion proceed.• By and large Alex and I think these developments are likely to give tangible gains and could well become a priority for implementation.• As we have already noted, he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence.• It is too early to be entirely sure, but it looks as though the tide may well have turned.• But the women whom they find may well not match their feminist consciousness.• In addition, the clarification of such issues could well provide the initial stimulus for a whole school language policy. → may/might/could well at well1(4) |
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