may与might用法详解
(2) 在用法方面注意以下几点:
① 后接动词原形,表示对现在或将来的推测:
You may [might] be right. 你可能是对的。
He may [might] tell his wife. 他也许会告诉他妻子。
② 后接动词进行式,表示动作正在进行或将要发生:
I may [might] be going back in the fall. 我可能秋天回去。
She may [might] be waiting for us. 她可能在等我们。
They may [might] be going abroad next month. 他们可能在下个月出国。
③ 后接动词完成式,表示对过去可能发生的事进行推测:
She may [might] have read it in the papers. 她可能在报上已读到过此事。
He may [might] have gone to have his hair cut. 他可能理发去了。
They may have seen him. 他们可能见到过他。
I might have come to a wrong conclusion. 我或许得出了错误的结论。
might 后接动词的完成式,除表示对过去的推测外,还有以下用法(不用may):
1) 表示过去某事可能发生而实际上却并没发生:
A lot of men died who might have been saved.很多人本来可以获救的却死了。
It was really very dangerous. I might have killed myself. 那真的是太危险了,我差点没命了。
2) 表示委婉的批评或责备:
You might have made greater progress. 你的进步本来可更大一些的。
You might at least have answered my letter. 你至少可以回我一封信嘛。
三、may和can表推测时的区别
can和may均可表示推测,can用于否定句和疑问句,may用于肯定句和否定式。两者均可用于否定句,但是含义不同:cannot=不可能,may not=可能不。比较:
It can’t be true. 这不可能是真的。
It may not be true. 这可能不是真的。
四、如何加强推测的语气
若要加强推测的语气,表示较大的可能性,可在may, might后加副词well:
You may well be right. 你很可能是对的。
That may well have been their intention.这很可能是他们的意图。
【注】could表推测时也可后接well来加强语气。
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