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might POSSIBILITYmaItvaux [+ infinitive without to; not be mighting] he/she/it might used to express the possibility that something will happen or be done, or is true, although not very likely; MAY 可能，也许I might come and visit you in America next year, if I can save enough money.如果我能存下足够的钱，我明年可能来美国探望你。Don't go any closer--it might be dangerous/it mightn't be safe.别再走近了，也许很危险/也许不安全。He's very fast and in this race he might even finish in the top three.他很快，在这次比赛中，他甚至可能在前三名中完成。Ask your father--he might just have￡10 (= there is a slight possibility that he has ￡10).问你父亲，他也许刚好有10英镑。Driving so fast, he might have had a nasty accident (= it could have happened but it did not).驾驶得那么快，他可能会出车祸的。Don't blame him--it might have been (= there is a possibility that it was) an accident.别责怪他，那也许是个意外。The rain might have stopped (= it is possible that it has stopped) by now.(esp. humorous or disapproving) And who might you be (= Who are you)?那么你可能是谁？There's no point now in regretting the might-have-beens (= positive things that could have been achieved, but were not achieved in fact).现在对本来可能的事感到后悔没有意义。Traditionally, there is a difference between might have and may have. Might have means that there was a possibility in the past but it no longer exists.（用在表示与事实情况相反的虚拟语气中might have和mayhave有区别）会，能You shouldn't have gone back into the burning building--you might have been badly burnt (= but luckily you weren't).你本不该跑回燃烧的房子里，你可能会烧伤的。May have means that the possibility still exists.（表示可能性）可能，也许I last saw him going back into that burning building--he may have been badly hurt (= we don't know yet whether he has been or not).我最后看见他跑回那幢燃烧的房子里，他也许已经受伤了。However, it is now quite common to use might have for situations that are still not certain.但是现在在仍然不明确的情况下普遍用might haveThe rain might have stopped by now.现在雨也许停了。
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