perhaps

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #586 ★★★★★

adv. 也许, 大概

发音

UK /pəˈhæps/
UK /pəˈɹæps/
UK /ˈpɹæps/
US /pɚˈhæps/
US /ˈpɹæps/

词形变化

perhapses 复数 perhapses

别名

perhap p'aps perh perh. p'r'aps p'raps praps prehaps p'rhaps

教材释义与例句

名词

假定；猜想；未定之事

副词

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；可能

used to say that something may be true, but you are not sure

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An uncertainty.

adv. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Possibly.

    Perhaps John will come over for dinner.

    There was a perhaps credible witness.

    He was seriously wounded, perhaps fatally.

  2. 2.

    By chance.

    过时

词汇关系

副词

同义词 5

maybe possibly perchance mayhap peradventure

词源

From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).

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