maybe
maybe是壹個副詞,詞義相近於perhaps(也許)。
1maybe用來說明自己也不太確定
A: There’s something wrong with my PC. I can’t load my photos.
我電腦出了點問題,我不能加載照片了。
B: It could be a virus, maybe.
可能是中病毒了。
2有時候maybe可以代表自己覺得某事可能發生
A: Ronnie and Linda are going to leave New Zealand in January.
B: Why? I thought they were very happy there.
A: I’m not sure. Perhaps they feel a bit lonely.
B: Maybe.
A: Ronnie和Linda壹月份就要離開新西蘭了。
B: 為什麽,我以為他們在那裏很開心。
A: 我不確定,可能是他們覺得有點孤單吧。
B: 也許吧。
3我們還可以用它來回答對壹個建議的不確定性。
A: Would you like to have chicken curry for dinner?
B: Maybe.
A: You don’t sound very enthusiastic.
B: I just can’t think about dinner right now. I’ve just had breakfast.
A: 今天晚上想吃咖喱雞麽?
B: 也許吧。
A: 聽起來妳並不怎麽感興趣嘛!
B: 我就是現在還想不了晚餐,我剛剛吃完早飯。
may be
may be是兩個詞,may是情態動詞,可以看成是might,把它看成是might be會更好理解壹些。
There may be a train at 10:00am.
火車可能是10點鐘到。
而不是說There maybe a train at 10:00am. (這樣說的話句子裏就沒有動詞了。)