might-have-been
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?ma?t.?v?bi?n]
- 美式音標 [?ma?t.?v?bi?n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.本可實現或發(fā)生的事
英漢例句
- The tea is hot; he may have been here before.
茶還熱著，不久前他很可能在這里。 - The letters may have been tampered with.
這封信有可能被竄改過。 - Had he not saved me, I might have been drowned.
我可能溺死了，若非他救了我。 - He consoled himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
他聊以自慰的是幸虧事情沒有更糟。 - After all it may have be worse; that's a bit of dutch comfort.
結果可能更糟也未可知，這總算有可聊以自慰。
英英字典
- something positive that could have been achieved, but was not