词汇 | perhaps |
释义 | perhaps adverb uk /pəˈhæps//præps/ us /pɚˈhæps/ A2 used to show that something is possible or that you are not certain about something: 或许,可能 He hasn't written to me recently - perhaps he's lost my address.他最近没给我写信——也许他把我的地址弄丢了。 Perhaps the most important question has not been asked.或许还没有人提出最重要的问题。 We plan to travel to Europe - to Spain or Italy perhaps.我们打算去欧洲旅行,也许去西班牙或意大利。 See also maybe used to say you are not certain maybe"Do you want to go to the show tonight?" "Maybe. Let's see how I feel after work." perhapsPerhaps he'll decide to join us tonight. possiblyThere are four, possibly five people who have been injured in the explosion. potentiallyThese potentially unsafe chemicals are present in our groundwater. conceivablyIt would be hard, but a burglar could conceivably shut down your electronic alarm system by hacking into it. plausiblyShe argued, rather plausibly, that her neighbour was the one who took the tools from her allotment. used to show that a number or amount is approximate: (指数量)大概,大约 There were perhaps 500 people at the meeting.大概有500人出席了会议。 used when making polite requests or statements of opinion: (用于礼貌地要求或陈述意见)兴许,也许 "I never remember people's birthdays." "Well, perhaps you should."“我从来记不住别人的生日。”“兴许你应该记住。” I thought I saw someone hiding in the bushes - perhaps we should call the police. We have fruit juice but perhaps you'd like something a little stronger? The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian.对话听起来很生硬,非常不自然,可能是因为从俄文原著翻译过来的缘故。 It has often been said, perhaps unfairly, that they are a warlike people. I'd guess that she's in her forties - 45 perhaps. Possible and probable add credence to something always anything's possibleidiom arguably as never beforeidiom bet fair happen houseroom I shouldn't wonderidiom in with a chance it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom manage probabilistically probability probable probably prospective tend tip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Approximate Polite expressions GrammarMaybe or perhaps? Maybe and perhaps are adverbs that mean the same thing. We use them when we think something is possible, but we are not certain. We use maybe mostly in front or end position whereas perhaps is used in front, mid and end position: … perhaps | American Dictionaryperhaps adverb[ not gradable ] us/pərˈhæps/ used to show that something is possible or that you are not certain about something; maybe: Perhaps the greatest swimming coach in history, Kiphuth retired after 41 years at Yale. Soon, perhaps as early as this week, she is to testify in the trial. Examples of perhapsperhaps Perhaps the titrating element is involved in the initial mec-3 activation. The yolk mass is still perhaps twice the volume of the head. Perhaps an analogy here will be of use. Perhaps, in the end, we are talking about a place which his mind did not want to go to. Perhaps they are incapable of such an effort. The prospect of slow (and perhaps in any case in the end ineluctable) catastrophe is extremely unlikely to exert the same bracing effect. Not surprisingly, analysis has become a major methodological concern, and more structured and perhaps more efficient approaches to analysis have been developed. Mental health is perhaps the most neglected area of health policy and programming. Perhaps the exact same change could in principle be produced in you by precise neurosurgery, very far beyond the limits of present-day technique. Large cloth-covered pots of cooked food were brought to perhaps entice us into going back. Perhaps he would be able to finance his dam project with the canal's revenues. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, died; and many more were imprisoned. Perhaps more important, the unusual vanish stage direction is but one of several odd or even unique bits of stage business. Perhaps it sometimes rains for a few seconds, perhaps at four the sun holds back a few minutes as though they were rearing horses. The new clause is full of conditionals, qualifiers, maybes and perhapses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of perhaps 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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