流逝汉英词典

might-have-been

M 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn]
  • 美式音标 [ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.本可實現或發生的事

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英汉例句

  • The tea is hot; he may have been here before.
    茶還熱著，不久前他很可能在這裡。
  • The letters may have been tampered with.
    這封信有可能被竄改過。
  • Had he not saved me, I might have been drowned.
    我可能溺死了，若非他救了我。
  • He consoled himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
    他聊以自慰的是幸虧事情沒有更糟。
  • After all it may have be worse; that's a bit of dutch comfort.
    結果可能更糟也未可知，這縂算有可聊以自慰。

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • something positive that could have been achieved, but was not