英语词汇“maybe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

When you say maybe, you're not completely sure about your answer. If you say you'll maybe study at the library tonight, it is possible that you'll go there.

Maybe is a shortened version of the Middle English phrase, "it may be." People use it when they're not sure about something — or they aren't ready to give their answer. Sometimes other things have to happen — or not happen — before you can be sure. For example, because it might rain tomorrow, you aren't sure there will be a baseball game. In the meantime, you answer, "Maybe," if someone asks if you are going to the game.

WORD FAMILY

maybe: maybes

USAGE EXAMPLES

Maybe by the end of 2017, they will find themselves featuring heavily in a highlight reel like this one:

New York Times(Jan 03, 2017)

Maybe it’s the illustrations, simple black-and-white line drawings of slightly pudgy people in baggy T-shirts and pants doing really simple maneuvers.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

And maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here: to move outside myself, to move beyond nausea; to focus on the other, not on self.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

adv by chance

Syn

mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly

单词	maybe
释义	maybe (once / 112 pages) adv When you say maybe, you're not completely sure about your answer. If you say you'll maybe study at the library tonight, it is possible that you'll go there. Maybe is a shortened version of the Middle English phrase, "it may be." People use it when they're not sure about something — or they aren't ready to give their answer. Sometimes other things have to happen — or not happen — before you can be sure. For example, because it might rain tomorrow, you aren't sure there will be a baseball game. In the meantime, you answer, "Maybe," if someone asks if you are going to the game. WORD FAMILY maybe: maybes USAGE EXAMPLES Maybe by the end of 2017, they will find themselves featuring heavily in a highlight reel like this one: New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Maybe it’s the illustrations, simple black-and-white line drawings of slightly pudgy people in baggy T-shirts and pants doing really simple maneuvers. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here: to move outside myself, to move beyond nausea; to focus on the other, not on self. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) adv by chance Syn mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly
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