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maybe 音標拼音: [m'ebi] ad. 也許,大概
n. 疑惑 也許,大概疑惑 maybe可能 maybe adv 1: by chance; " perhaps she will call tomorrow"; " we may possibly run into them at the concert"; " it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" [ synonym: { possibly}, { perchance}, { perhaps}, { maybe}, { mayhap}, { peradventure}] May \ May\ ( m[= a]), v. [ imp. { Might} ( m[ imac] t)] [ AS. pres. maeg I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m[" o] gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. [ root] 103. Cf. { Dismay}, { Main} strength, { Might}. The old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.] An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by expressing: ( a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by { can}. [ 1913 Webster] How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health! -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] For what he [ the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: " It might have been." -- Whittier. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) Liberty; permission; allowance. [ 1913 Webster] Thou mayst be no longer steward. -- Luke xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability. [ 1913 Webster] Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims, or be right by chance. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] ( d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark. [ 1913 Webster] How old may Phillis be, you ask. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] ( e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like. " May you live happily." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { May be}, & { It may be}, are used as equivalent to { possibly}, { perhaps}, { maybe}, { by chance}, { peradventure}. See 1st { Maybe}. [ 1913 Webster]
Maybe \ May" be\, adv. [ For it may be.] Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. [ 1913 Webster] Maybe the amorous count solicits her. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. -- Tylor. [ 1913 Webster]
Maybe \ May" be\, a. Possible; probable, but not sure. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Then add those maybe years thou hast to live. -- Driden. [ 1913 Webster]
Maybe \ May" be\, n. Possibility; uncertainty. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] What they offer is mere maybe and shift. -- Creech. [ 1913 Webster] |
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