• n. 力量；威力；勢力
• v. 可以；或許（may的過去式）；應(yīng)該
• aux. 可能；也許
• n. (Might)人名；(英)邁特

來自古英語miht,來自Proto-Germanic*makhti,來自PIE*magh,使能夠，賦予力量，詞源同may,magic.引申詞義強大力量，威力。后用于助動詞表也許。比較may.

might

might: [OE] Might goes back ultimately to Indo- European *mag- ‘be able, have power’, the same base as produced the auxiliary verb may. The noun might was formed with the Germanic suffix *-tiz, which also gave German and Dutch macht ‘power’; and the verb might, the past form of may, contains the past inflectional suffix (in modern English -(e)d).
=> may

might (v.)

Old English mihte, meahte, originally the past tense of may (Old English magen "to be able"), thus "*may-ed." See may (v.). The first record of might-have-been is from 1848.

might (n.)

Old English miht, earlier m?ht "might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability," from Proto-Germanic *makhti- (cognates: Old Norse mattr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch macht, Old High German maht, German Macht, Gothic mahts), Germanic suffixed form of PIE root *magh- (1) "be able, have power" (see may (v.)).

1. I thought you might like to read the enclosed.

我想你或許想要讀一下信封里的內(nèi)容。

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2. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.

現(xiàn)在讓我把入室竊賊送交警方，我可能會有所顧慮。

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3. Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

如果當(dāng)時我再多說一點的話，結(jié)果或許會不一樣。

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4. I might buy one for a friend's birthday as a giggle.

我可能會買一件送給朋友當(dāng)生日禮物，逗他開心。

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5. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.

我想語音拼寫可能有助于發(fā)音。

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