| 词汇 | might-have-been |
| 释义 | might-have-been noun[ C ] uk /ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn/ us /ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn/ something positive that could have been achieved, but was not: 本来可能发生的事（本来有机会达成的好事，但却没有成真） There's no point now in regretting the might-have-beens.对于原本可以实现的事情，现在追悔是毫无意义的。 Failures another/the final nail in the coffinidiom bloodbath brain freeze breakdown busted flush car crash false dawn fiasco flameout flop foul (something) up hash lemon loser parody post-crash pratfall reversal slim pickings slush pile Examples of might-have-beenmight-have-been But that is a historical might-have-been and there is no way of proving it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They obviously must have been a deterrent to some might-have-been applicants for these grants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we must abandon the "might-have-been" and face the facts of the present situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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