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也許(會發生或出現);可能(會如此)
You use may to indicate that something will possibly happen or be true in the future, but you cannot be certain.
例句
We may have some rain today...
今天可能會下點雨。
Rates may rise, but it won't be by much and it won't be for long...
費率也許會提高，但幅度不會太大，時間也不會太長。
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有可能，也許(用于表示某事可能屬實，但不確定)
You use may to indicate that there is a possibility that something is true, but you cannot be certain.
例句
Civil rights officials say there may be hundreds of other cases of racial violence...
負責民權事務的官員說可能還有數百宗種族暴力事件。
Throwing good money after bad may not be a good idea, they say.
他們說用錢砸不見得是個好主意。
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也許，可能(用于表示某事有時或在某些情況下屬實)
You use may to indicate that something is sometimes true or is true in some circumstances.
例句
A vegetarian diet may not provide enough calories for a child's normal growth...
素食也許不足以提供一個孩子正常成長所需的熱量。
Up to five inches of snow may cover the mountains.
山上的積雪可能厚達5英寸。
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(與過去分詞連用，用于表示有可能已經發生、屬實或給出一個可能的解釋)
You use may have with a past participle when suggesting that it is possible that something happened or was true, or when giving a possible explanation for something.
例句
He may have been to some of those places...
那些地方他也許去過一些。
The chaos may have contributed to the deaths of up to 20 people...
混亂可能導致多達20 人喪生。
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盡管，或許(用于承認情況屬實，但同時與更重要的事情作比較)
You use may in statements where you are accepting the truth of a situation, but contrasting it with something that is more important.
例句
I may be almost 50, but there's not a lot of things I've forgotten...
盡管我已經快到了知天命的歲數，但記憶卻不那么糟糕。
The elderly man may not be typical, but he speaks for a significant body of opinion...
這位老人也許并沒有代表性，但他所說的話卻代表著相當一部分人的觀點。
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可以(用于舉出在需要時可以加以利用的某些特性、事實等)
You use may when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something that people can make use of if they want to.
例句
The bag has narrow straps, so it may be worn over the shoulder or carried in the hand...
這個包配有細帶子，可以肩挎，也可以手拎。
Some of the diseases of middle age may be prevented by improving nutrition.
中年時期的一些疾病可以通過改善營養的方式來預防。
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(通常根據規則或法律)可以/不可以
You use may to indicate that someone is allowed to do something, usually because of a rule or law. You use may not to indicate that someone is not allowed to do something.
例句
Any two persons may marry in Scotland provided that both persons are at least 16 years of age on the day of their marriage...
在蘇格蘭，如果雙方均年滿16歲就可以結婚。
Adolescents under the age of 18 may not work in jobs that require them to drive.
未滿18歲者不得從事需要開車的工作。
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可以(表示準許或請求許可)
You use may when you are giving permission to someone to do something, or when asking for permission.
例句
Mr Hobbs? May we come in?...
霍布斯先生？我們可以進來嗎？
If you wish, you may now have a glass of milk...
你想喝的話，現在可以喝一杯牛奶。
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可否(用于禮貌的請求)
You use may when you are making polite requests.
例句
I'd like the use of your living room, if I may...
可以的話，我想用一下你的起居室。
May I come with you to Southampton?...
我可否與您共赴南安普頓？
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可以,能否（通常用于問句中，表示提出禮貌的建議、請求等)
You use may, usually in questions, when you are politely making suggestions or offering to do something.
例句
May we suggest you try one of our guest houses...
可否請您體驗一下我們的客房？
May we recommend a weekend in Stockholm?...
我們可以提議在斯德哥爾摩度周末嗎？
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可以(用于有禮貌地插話、提問或引入話題等)
You use may as a polite way of interrupting someone, asking a question, or introducing what you are going to say next.
例句
'If I may interrupt for a moment,' Kenneth said...
“能打攪一下嗎，”肯尼思說。
Anyway, may I just ask you one other thing?...
不管怎樣，我可以再問您一個問題嗎？
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也許會，可能會(用于提及別人對自己所說的話可能會有的反應或態度)
You use may when you are mentioning the reaction or attitude that you think someone is likely to have to something you are about to say.
例句
You know, Brian, whatever you may think, I work hard for a living...
布賴恩，你知道，不論你怎么看，我都是在為生計而拼命工作。
You may consider it useless, but for our customers it's an all-important sign of good service.
您也許會認為這樣毫無用處，可是對于我們的客戶而言，它卻是優質服務的重要體現。
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不妨說,可以說(用于強調)
You use may in expressions such as I may add and I may say in order to emphasize a statement that you are making.
例句
They spent their afternoons playing golf—extremely badly, I may add—around Loch Lomond...
他們下午都在洛蒙德湖邊打高爾夫——順便提一句，球技糟透了。
Both of them, I may say, are thoroughly reliable men.
可以說，他倆都是絕對可靠的人。
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(以便)能，可以（使某事發生）
If you do something so that a particular thing may happen, you do it so that there is an opportunity for that thing to happen.
例句
...the need for an increase in the numbers of surgeons so that patients may be treated as soon as possible...
需要增加外科醫生的人數，以便患者能夠及早得到救治
The door is shut so that no one may overhear what is said.
門關著，這樣沒人能聽見說話的內容。
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祝;但愿
People sometimes use may to express hopes and wishes.
例句
Courage seems now to have deserted him. May it quickly reappear.
他現在似乎失去了勇氣，但愿他能很快重新振作起來。