perhaps

perhaps

英 [pə'hæps]
　　美 [pɚ'hæps]

adv. 或許；（表示不確定）也許；（用於粗略的估計）或許；（表示勉強同意或其實不贊成）也許；可能
　　n. 假定；猜想；未定之事

adv.(副詞)perhaps的基本意思是“或許,可能,大概”,表示說話人對數量、質量、價值等大概的估計,常用於對某人〔事〕有疑問或有可能但不肯定的場合,所表示的可能性大致對半。perhaps可修飾動態動詞、靜態動詞、系表結構、全句。perhaps在句中位於實義動詞前,助、系、情態動詞之後。perhaps也可用於句首或句尾,用於句首或句末有時可指有禮貌地提出請求或提供幫助等。在口語中, perhaps so的意思是“也許會”; perhaps not(而不是no)的意思是“也許不會”。

中文詞源：

perhaps 也許，可能

來自拉丁語per,憑借，依靠，hap,機會，運氣，詞源同happy,happen.

例句：

1. The horrors he experienced are imprinted, perhaps indelibly, in his brain.
他經歷的恐怖事件在他腦海中刻下瞭深深的，或許是難以磨滅的印記。

2. He was not perhaps physically the strongest in the class.
他可能不是全班身體最壯的。

3. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river.
也許他已經聽從瞭她的建議去河邊散步瞭。

4. Perhaps you would like to pay a visit to London.
也許，您樂意去遊覽一下倫敦。

5. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.
安迪的臉色由於失望而變得蒼白，也許還摻雜著氣憤。