perhaps

【perhaps音标】 英[pəˈhæps] 美[pərˈhæps]

【单词释义】 perhaps是什么意思：

adv.可能；或许；（表示不确定）也许；（用于粗略的估计）或许；（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许

n.假定；猜想；未定之事

[单词分级] 中考英语词汇

[单词复数] perhapses

【单词例句】

◇ Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah! perhaps a burning match might be some good, if she could draw it from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers.
她那双小手都快冻僵了。啊！如果她能从这捆火柴中取出一根，在墙上划着了就会好一些，也就可以暖手。

---- The Little Match Girl

◇ There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit.And Alice was not very surprised when the Rabbit said,'Oh dear!Oh dear!I shall be late!'(Perhaps it was a little strange, Alice thought later,but at the time she was not surprised.)
看到一只兔子真没有什么可奇怪的。兔子说话时爱丽丝居然也不觉得太奇怪。兔子说，“噢，天哪！噢，天哪！我要迟到了！”（后来爱丽丝想起这事觉得有点儿奇怪，但当时她并不觉得有什么奇怪。）

---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)

◇ Now, it's unclear why red makes us feel this way. But perhaps it has something to do with where the word comes from. Many ancient languages, including Hebrew and from tribes of New Guinea, first named red from their word for "blood."
目前，我们尚不清楚为什么红色会引发这类感受，但它也许和词汇来源有关。包括希伯来语和新几内亚部落语言的许多古老语言里，“红”的词源是“血”。

---- Why so many fast food logos are red

◇ We have in our hands the technology to construct the most sophisticated machines ever built,but if they are unusable,simply because of their operating instructions,then recent lessons have taught us they will not survive.Whatever we design must be simple,reliable and useful.Perhaps this is where artificial intelligence will come in.
我们要用手中的技术建造最精密的机器。最近的事实告诉我们，如果仅仅因为操作指令而不能使用，那么它们将不能存在。无论如何，我们的设计必须简单、可靠且实用。这也许就是人工智能的来源。

---- Artificial Intelligence

◇ Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone cliff, stands about half way up the chasm and is practically vertical. Its average height is 550 feet --- almost exactly that of the Washington Monument.
也许，大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖，它耸立在裂口半当中，几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。

---- The Grand Canyon

◇ I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still not immune; perhaps one did not become immune to such felony.
虽然这些话我已经听上好几千遍了，可每次听完都让我很受伤，或许在这样巨大的打击面前没有人能做到无动于衷。

---- A Little Piece of Me