用于推测过去的行动:6 F9 v) n1 [% ]3 n& s" k' ~
He may/might have gone.相当于:
+ n9 C2 [+ G$ p7 q. p It is possible that he went/hasgone./Perhaps he went/hasgone.
3 P5 q: D9 m, i. ^1 K$ d0 o9 { 当时他可能去了。4 r5 J2 O+ E% Q7 V) U8 o% D
如第132节D所述,如果主句的动词是过去时,就必须用might:
* w; J# W! H' c* }, x. O He said/thought thatshe might have missed the plane.
" c0 M6 b% R' D; O( V* V, f 他说/想她可能已经误了那班飞机。% o- i3 i6 W* r
如不确定性已然消失,必须用 might而不用may:
+ F2 U5 ^. @+ E He came home alone.You shouldn't have let him do that;he might have gotlost.
) n7 w- G8 ~4 ^$ B1 Q 他独自回家了。你本不应当让他那么做的,他可能会迷路的。(但他并未迷路。)
8 f' f, L* ^* A% h# P* h3 j, ? 在下一句中也是这样:& M: H' H1 W) p* y
You shouldn'thave drunk the wine;it may/might have been drugged.: L+ d1 N3 t1 J, @
你本不应喝那酒的,里边可能放了药。
* F2 n1 ]/ s# e# t ?! C* X9 E itmay have been drugged通常表示还不能确定酒里是否放了迷药。
4 ~ p4 C* S, j( ?; t, L6 z: ^ it might have beendrugged也可具有与上述相同的含义,但也可能意指现在知道酒里没有迷药。# |$ O3 N: n2 \# E
在叙述最终并未得到检验的事情时用 might而不用may:' ^; f* j6 S- M' S9 s; l5 [* _
Perhaps we should have taken the other road.It might have been quick-er.
. y3 B: X4 e% t2 f9 O" h 也许我们本应当走另一条路。那样可能更快些。8 N& V& C- E: ~
It's a good thing you didn't lend him themoney.You might never have got itback.
! V# t- A3 x, W" e; y3 U 你没借给他钱倒是好事。如果你借给了他,就可能永远也要不回来了。
6 l7 K' w! \1 S+ M" [- Y# O 上述这类例句同条件句的第三种类型非常相似:
1 b s7 d( E0 H If we hadtaken the other road we might have arrivedearlier.
- U5 K3 o$ ]* r7 ~' \4 O2 h- ~5 ^ 如果我们当时走了另一条路,就可能到得早一些。
/ a* W% _( }3 J( n9 v may/might可用于条件句中以代替will/would,表示一种可能的而不是肯定无疑的结果:
( W3 o: O" `/ Z If he sees you he willstop.
; r( }: _1 B4 M+ _1 d3 ? 如果他看见你,他就会停下来。(确定的)
% G: i: O# o, N E0 i C9 e If he sees you he maystop.9 H, o. }" l' s8 t9 Q& c
如果他看见你,他可能停下来。(可能的)
' ~# C' K; F* B& B3 W! | 同样, may/might也可用于下列句子当中:
5 g3 t9 s% m6 I0 O- J* Q, w If you poured hotwater into it,it might crack.
& R( r) H4 }# b( ^" z' p& r 你如果往它里面倒进热水的话,它就可能裂开。2 E$ b+ T2 B1 q- J! r, C
If you had left itthere someone might have stolen it.$ S# h, |6 I" d% a
要是你当时把那东西落在那里,就可能有人把它偷走。 |