【might音标】 英[maɪt] 美[maɪt]
【单词释义】 might是什么意思:
aux.表示可能;表示许可;表示询问情况
n.力气;力量;威力;权力
v.(may的过去时)可以;可能;应该
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【might形近词/近似词】
sight n.视力;看见;视野;景象 vt.看见,发现
straight adj.直的;直率的 adv.直地;直接地 n.直线;直线部分
right n.正确;右边 adv.正好;恰好;完全地 adj.右方的;正确的 vt.纠正;矫正
fight n.打架;吵架 v. 战斗;斗争;打架;吵架
tight adj.紧的;牢固的
night n.[U,C]夜;晚上
【单词例句】
◇ She had neither rest nor peace until she secretly set forth and went out into the wide world, hoping to find her brothers and to set them free, whatever it might cost.
有一天,她从家里偷偷地跑了出去,来到外面广阔的世界,到处寻访自己的哥哥。她想:无论他们到了甚么地方,她不惜自己的生命,也要让他们恢复本来面目,获得做人的自由!
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.
制造一台有效率的冰箱不像我们想象的那么简单。 19世纪早期,关于对冷藏科学至关重要的热物理知识是很浅陋的。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing.
由于担心他们的离婚会给孩子的成长带来不良影响,这对老夫妇把离婚的事搁浅到现在。
---- Life Together
◇ When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have observed, the beasts play.
体育运动开始于何时?如果体育运动的本质就是游戏的话,我们就可以宣称体育运动比人类古老,因为正如我们所观察到的,野兽也进行嬉戏。
---- The Origin of Sports
◇ In 2007, University of Florida zoologist Kent Vliet actually proved that the animals do sob while snacking. But because crocodiles eat while in the water—making a study of their meal-time tears difficult—he studied their close relatives, caimans and alligators, who might dine on dry land.
2007年,佛罗里达大学的动物学家肯特·弗利特证明了动物在进食的时候确实会哭泣。但因为鳄鱼是在水中进食的,研究它们进食期间是否会落泪比较困难,所以弗利特就研究了鳄鱼的近亲凯门鳄和短吻鳄,它们会在旱地上进食。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ It might feel as though pressing the snooze button in the morning gives you a little bit of extra rest to start your day, but the truth is that it does more harm than good.
你可能觉得早晨按掉闹钟能让你起床前多休息一会儿,但其实这样做弊大于利。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ Well, besides all being fast food chains... They're all red. And it's not a coincidence. Color is one of the many tactics companies use to connect with customers. And if swearing off fast food wasn't hard enough, those colorful red logos might make it even harder to ignore.
除了都是快餐连锁店之外,它们的标志都是大红色。这可不是巧合。颜色是企业用来和消费者建立联系的多种策略之一。如果说,戒掉快餐很难,那么想要忽略这些鲜艳的红色标志就更难了。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ (6)Foot massage might be a bit painful for some people,but most people find it relaxing.
(6)足疗对有一些人来说会痛,但对大多数人来说很放松。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (3)
◇ Don't have a preference? Some research suggests that working out first thing in the morning might help speed weight loss by priming the body to burn more fat throughout the day.
对时间没啥特别的偏好?有一些研究指出,早上起床后锻炼能让身体在一天中燃烧更多的脂肪,加速减重。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ A company is going to expect that mistakes will be made at one time or another and they want to understand what sort of trouble you might have caused in the past.
公司认为,员工总会有犯错误的时候,他们想知道你在过去曾造成过什么麻烦。