might

英 [ma?t] 美[ma?t]

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might 強大力量，威力，也許

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.)).

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。

3. Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.: 如果當時我再多說一點的話，結果或許會不一樣。

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生日禮物，逗他開心。

5. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.: 我想語音拼寫可能有助于發(fā)音。