might-have-beens
基本解釋
- n.本可實(shí)現(xiàn)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(guò)。 - 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(méi)有更糟。 - After all it may have be worse; that's a bit of dutch comfort.
結(jié)果可能更糟也未可知，這總算有可聊以自慰。