今天小編為大家整理了有關(guān)初中英語詞匯之may & might的相關(guān)內(nèi)容,以供大家閱讀。
1、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這兩個詞匯都是可能性的不同表達(dá)。它們使用方法是否有不同呢?
2、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:
有人認(rèn)為在談?wù)摦?dāng)前的情形時(現(xiàn)在時態(tài))應(yīng)該使用may,在談?wù)撨^去發(fā)生的事件時(過去時態(tài))應(yīng)使用might:
3、I may go home early if I’m tired.(present tense)
如果我覺的累了,我會早點回家。(現(xiàn)在時態(tài))
4、He might have visited Italy before settling in Nuremberg.(past tense)
在他定居紐倫堡之前他可能去過意大利。(過去時態(tài))
實際上,現(xiàn)在對這兩個詞的時態(tài)區(qū)分也已經(jīng)很少了,一般情況下這兩個詞語可以互相替換。比如上面兩個例句還可以這樣寫:
5、I might go home early if I’m tired.
如果我覺的累了,我會早點回家。
6、He may have visited Italy before settling in Nuremberg.
在他定居紐倫堡之前他可能去過意大利。
may和might有一些固定的區(qū)別:如果事情的真相在當(dāng)時并不知曉,這種情況用may和might都是可以的:
7、By the time you read this,he may have made his decision.
到你讀到它的時候,他可能已經(jīng)做了決定。
I think that comment might have offended some people.
我認(rèn)為這條評論可能會觸犯一些人。
如果一些事在說話時已確定沒有發(fā)生,這種情況最好用might:
8、The draw against Italy might have been a turning point,but it didn't turn out like that.
與意大利打成平局可能成為一個轉(zhuǎn)折點,結(jié)果卻并不是這樣。
今天初中英語詞匯之may & might的內(nèi)容就介紹到這里了。