might
英 [maɪt] 美 [maɪt]
- n. 力量；威力；势力
- v. 可以；或许（may的过去式）；应该
- aux. 可能；也许
- n. (Might)人名；(英)迈特
中文词源
might 强大力量，威力，也许
来自古英语miht,来自Proto-Germanic*makhti,来自PIE*magh,使能够，赋予力量，词源同may,magic.引申词义强大力量，威力。后用于助动词表也许。比较may.
英文词源
- might
- might: [OE] Might goes back ultimately to Indo- European *mag- ‘be able, have power’, the same base as produced the auxiliary verb may. The noun might was formed with the Germanic suffix *-tiz, which also gave German and Dutch macht ‘power’; and the verb might, the past form of may, contains the past inflectional suffix (in modern English -(e)d).
=> may - might (v.)
- Old English mihte, meahte, originally the past tense of may (Old English magen "to be able"), thus "*may-ed." See may (v.). The first record of might-have-been is from 1848.
- might (n.)
- Old English miht, earlier mæht "might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability," from Proto-Germanic *makhti- (cognates: Old Norse mattr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch macht, Old High German maht, German Macht, Gothic mahts), Germanic suffixed form of PIE root *magh- (1) "be able, have power" (see may (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. I thought you might like to read the enclosed.
- 我想你或许想要读一下信封里的内容。
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- 2. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
- 现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。
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- 3. Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.
- 如果当时我再多说一点的话，结果或许会不一样。
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- 4. I might buy one for a friend's birthday as a giggle.
- 我可能会买一件送给朋友当生日礼物，逗他开心。
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- 5. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.
- 我想语音拼写可能有助于发音。
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