May / Might
May
1. 表禮貌的請求
May I use your pen?
May I use your phone?
2. 表允許
You may sit (你可以坐下了)
You may leave (你可以離開了)
3. 表可能性
She may be in her room.
Tom may come.
4. 表祝福
May you have a wonderful married life.
May your kingdom come.
Might
1. 表可能性 (可能性比 May, Could 低)
They might come again.
She might be sick. (有人說She may be sick. 但很少人會說She could be sick.)
May / Might / Could
It may happen. - 猜測性質的可能
It might happen. - 猜測性質的可能
It could happen. - 發生機率的可能, 通常使用這個字時, 會讓人與 [機率] 發生聯想
如剛說的:很少人會說She could be sick.
但很常聽到: You could get sick by eating this.
我的建議:
May / might - 中文解釋成 [有可能]
She may / might be sick. - 她有可能是生病 OK
You may / might get sick by eating this. - 你有可能因為吃這個而生病 OK
Could - 中文解釋 [有可能會]
She could be sick- 她有可能會是生病 NG
You could get sick by eating this. - 你有可能會因為吃這個而生病 OK
P/S BE動詞 一般表[存在的事實], 在中文解釋成 [是 / 在]
e.g. I'm Ming. 我是Ming
She is beautiful. 她是美麗的
He is in Taipei. 他(是)在台北
不知道我這麼解釋有沒有幫助呢?
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