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8AUnit5GrammarA&B(may+动词不定式作宾语)
8AUnit5GrammarA---may的用法(‘may’ for possibility)。
情态动词: 情态动词是本身有一定的词义,表示说话人的情绪、态度或语气的动词,但不能单独作为句子的谓语,后面必须紧跟其它动词原形(ought/have除外),和其它动词原形构成谓语。情态动词没有人称、数和时态的变化(have除外)。情态动词不能表示正在发生或已经发生的事情,只表示期待或估计某事的发生。
may/might
may表示允许、也许,意为“可以,也许,可能”。might是may的过去式,与may用法类似,常用于过去时中;用在疑问句中,还可表示委婉客气。
●●●一、用法:
1、 )表示请求、许可,比can正式。如:
May I watch TV this evening? May I borrow your bike?
2、)表示推测,谈论可能性,意为“可能,或许”,一般用于肯定句和否定句中,相当于possibly, perhaps或maybe。如:
It may rain tomorrow. =Perhaps/Maybe it may rain tomorrow.
He may not come to the party this evening.
3、)may的过去式为might,表示推测时可能性低于may。如:
He might be at home. He is away from school. He might be sick.
4、)may 放在句首,表示希望、祈求、祝愿,常可译为“祝愿”。通常是用May+主+V结构。如:May you have a good time!May God bless you!
5、)固定短语(成语): may/might as well,后面接不带to 的不定式,意为"不妨"。如:If that is the case, we may as well try.
典型例题:
Peter ___come with us tonight, but he isn't very sure yet.
A. must B. may C. can D. will
答案B. 表可能性只能用may. 此句意可从后半句推出。
▲▲▲二、句式转换:
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