might-have-been

might-have-been

美 　英

• n.本來可能發生的事；未遂心愿的事
• 網絡可成功而未成功的人；可實現；可能已經去過了

詞形變化

復數：might-have-beens  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. 本來或許可以發生的事情;本來或許可以有所成就的人

英英解釋

n.	1. something that you wish had happened

例句

The snow men might have been the only folks happy to be caught in another blizzard on Thursday.

堆雪人成了在星期四另一場暴風雪中人們唯一的樂趣。

That might have been a bit ahead of its time -- "globalism" didn't even enter the Oxford English Dictionary until 1986.

這樣的情節在當時或許太超前了，“全球主義”這個詞直到1986年才被收入牛津英語詞典。

It is possible that if a different host was used, a different set of untransferable genes might have been identified.

如果用不同的宿主做研究，可能會被發現一組不同的無法轉移的基因。

For some of the projects, this might have been appropriate if done with sufficient planning and an appropriate automation framework.

有一些項目，這也許已經是很不錯的了，可能做了充分的計劃和一個合適的自動化框架。

Mr. Hayashi said he and others might have been lured into a false sense of security.

林先生說，他和其他人可能被騙進了一種虛假的安全感。

If he had had more common sense in spending, he might have been out of the woods financially by now.

如果他在花錢方面多些常識，他就老早脫離經濟困難。

The outburst might have been generated by a star torn to shreds when it ventured too close to a black hole in its host galaxy, he suggests.

他猜測，這次爆炸可能是因為一顆被撕成碎片的恒星過于靠近其所在星系的一個黑洞引起的。

True, money and other resources might have been a little bit tight recently.

的確，金錢和其他資源可能最近有點緊。

"Or it might have been fun for the male at least. "

“或者至少對雄性來說也許是有趣的。”

Indeed, seeing that his expenditure was only one-fourth of his income, he might have been called a prosperous man.

因為他的進款，只用四分之一就夠他用度了，所以他實在可以算得上是一個發財的人。

which some military experts suggested might have been something of a damp squib.

朝鮮已提高了核能力——一些軍事專家認為。

One of those on the bed was leaning against the wall, with closed eyes, and it might have been supposed that he was asleep.

在床上的那三個人中，有一個靠在墻上，閉著眼睛，好象睡著了。

Jesus wasn't specifically addressing America with these words, though he might have been.

耶穌這些話并非針對美國而言，盡管也有可能。

The urbane and intellectual James Jesus Angleton might have been a great literary critic or editor had things turned out differently.

若是換了環境的話，彬彬有禮、智力超群的詹姆斯·耶穌安格爾頓有可能會成為一個偉大的文學評論家或編輯。

She said it might have been all right, if the weather had been good.

她說如果當時天氣好，就沒問題了。

The bank declined to comment on how any inside information might have been leaked to one of its employees.

該行拒絕評論內幕信息可能以何種方式泄露給了它的一位雇員。

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

我們作基督的使徒，雖然可以叫人尊重，卻沒有向你們或向別人求榮耀，

The page cannot be found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

該頁面無法找到您正在尋找的頁面可能已經刪除，更名或暫時不可用。

A caddy retracted his statement, and the only other witness admitted that he might have been mistaken.

一個球童收回了他的話，唯一的另一個見證人也承認他可能搞錯了。

"A Widow's Story" is an affecting portrait of anguish, but it might have been a richer story of love and loss.

《一個寡婦的故事》是一幅令人感動的關于喪痛的畫像，不過它[color=#0000ff]本可以更豐富一些，成為一本關于愛與失去的故事。

This might have been a happy meeting.

那這回就真是喜慶團圓了。

I suppose it might have been formerly her mother's.

我猜這可能是她母親以前的東西。

Roberta now put the box on the table, all the zest that might have been joined with it completely banished.

羅伯塔把盒子往桌子上一放，這件禮物原來可能激起的熱情，早已煙消云散了。

His manner might have been called severe, though really it was more cultivated than austere.

他的舉止可以說是很嚴肅的，雖然實際上說莊嚴還不如說文雅更妥切一些。

If he had gone on instead of going back the whole course of English history might have been changed.

如果當時他不撤軍而繼續前進的話，整個英國的歷史進程就會改觀。

Even their escape might have been hazardous.

即使能夠脫逃，亦是頗為危險的。

Two years ago the problem made it to the U. S. Supreme Court, in a case that might have been called U. S. Navy v. Whales.

兩年前，這個問題報上到美國最高法院，案件被稱為“美國海軍對抗鯨魚”。

If I had stuck to my writing, I might have been all right.

如果我專心寫作，可能會安然無事。

by exertion of a very unusual degree of activity and courage, an entrance into the window, from the rod, might have been effected.

還有一點也很清楚，只有身手異常矯健和大膽，才可能從避雷針爬進窗里。

However, that might have been, the silence was not very prolonged. He took another oblique step.

不管怎樣，沉默的局面很快就被打破了。他轉彎抹角地重新開始了。

HAD a young woman not drowned in his car, he might have been president.

如果不是一個年輕女子溺死在他的車里，他也許會成為總統。

"What if I had done a little better on that question. . . how the outcome might have been different? " -Of course.

“如果我在這個問題上表現更好一點…結果是否會不同呢？”-當然。

Beijing has missed opportunities that might have been grasped by a more open society.

北京錯過了一個更為開放的社會也許能夠抓住的機會。

But for a slight rhythmic movement of the cartridge box at the back of his belt he might have been thought to be dead.

要不是腰部皮帶上的子彈盒有節奏地輕微起伏著，人們還會以為他已經死去了。

The defence minister said the explosion might have been caused by a mine laid by North Korea during the Korean war, from 1950-53.

國防部長表示，爆炸可能是由于1950~1953年朝鮮戰爭期間遺留在朝鮮的炸彈引致的。

To us, this looks like the government is using the records request as a tactic to ferret out who else might have been involved in the leak.

對我們來說，看起來政府要求得到地址是一種策略，順藤摸瓜找到維基解密事件中還有誰參與其中。

The unusual cold might have been driven at least partly by the Arctic Oscillation (AO).

這不尋常寒冷的一部分原因可能由于是北極濤動（AO）。

In 2009, the state's prisons averaged nearly a death a week that might have been prevented or delayed with better medical care.

2009年，該州的監獄中死亡，平均將近一個可能是可以避免或推遲一周更好的醫療服務。

"Follow the money" might have been the mantra for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in investigating the Watergate scandal.

“跟著錢走”或許是鮑勃?伍德沃德（BobWoodward）和卡爾?伯恩斯坦（CarlBernstein）在調查水門丑聞時的口號。

The former she hoped at last might have been accidental, and the latter she could only attribute to her own stupidity.

對于前者，她最終希望或許是偶然現象，對于后者，她只能歸咎于她自己太愚鈍。

A thread can simultaneously hold more than one lock, and these locks might have been acquired in a certain order.

一個線程可以同時持有多個鎖，并且可能已經按某種順序獲得了這些鎖。

A field audit investigation might have been conducted in relation to cases falling within the above categories.

本局有可能就上述三類個案進行實地審核調查。

Just think what I might have been able to achieve!

我本來是可以為許多目標的實現而慶賀。

His face was scarred, and something that might have been a burn marred his jaw and left cheek.

他的臉上滿是讓人畏懼的表情，火燒的傷痕占據了他的下巴和左臉頰。

The burial might have had a marker for rediscovery, or it might have been intended as an offering hidden forever to all but their gods.

這個窖藏可能還有為了被重新發掘而設的標志，或者這只是為了表達他們對他們自己神祗的敬仰而永遠埋藏的明器。

Yes, I think she might have been trying to smirt with me.

是的，我以為她是來問我借火的。