might-have-been
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn]
- 美式音标 [ˈmaɪt.əvˌbiːn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.本可实现或发生的事
同根派生
英汉例句
- The tea is hot; he may have been here before.
茶还热着，不久前他很可能在这里。 - The letters may have been tampered with.
这封信有可能被窜改过。 - 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.
他聊以自慰的是幸亏事情没有更糟。 - After all it may have be worse; that's a bit of dutch comfort.
结果可能更糟也未可知，这总算有可聊以自慰。
英英字典
- something positive that could have been achieved, but was not