| 单词 | might |
| 释义 | might 1. past of MAY, used esp.: 1. in reported speech, expressing possibility (said he might come) or permission (asked if I might leave) (cf. MAY 1, 2). 2. (foll. by perfect infin.) expressing a possibility based on a condition not fulfilled (if you'd looked you might have found it; but for the radio we might not have known). 3. (foll. by present infin. or perfect infin.) expressing complaint that an obligation or expectation is not or has not been fulfilled (he might offer to help; they might have asked; you might have known they wouldn't come). 4. expressing a request (you might call in at the butcher's). 5. colloq. a = MAY 1 (it might be true). b (in tentative questions) = MAY 2 (might I have the pleasure of this dance?). c = MAY 4 (who might you be?). Phrases and idioms might as well expressing that it is probably at least as desirable to do a thing as not to do it (finished the work and decided they might as well go to lunch; won't win but might as well try). might-have-been colloq. 1. a past possibility that no longer applies. 2. a person who could have been more eminent. 2. n. 1. great bodily or mental strength. 2. power to enforce one's will (usu. in contrast with right). Phrases and idioms with all one's might to the utmost of one's power. with might and main see MAIN(1). Etymology: OE miht, mieht f. Gmc, rel. to MAY(1) |
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