might是什么意思（might的用法）

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一、might是什么意思

1、might 强大力量，威力，也许

2、来自古英语miht,来自Proto-Germanic*makhti,来自PIE*magh,使能够，赋予力量，词源同may,magic.引申词义强大力量，威力。后用于助动词表也许。比较may.

二、might的用法

1、might

2、might: [OE] Might goes back ultimately to Indo- European *mag- ‘be able, have power’, the same base as produced the auxiliary verb may. The noun might was formed with the Germanic suffix *-tiz, which also gave German and Dutch macht ‘power’; and the verb might, the past form of may, contains the past inflectional suffix (in modern English -(e)d).=> may

3、might (v.)

4、Old English mihte, meahte, originally the past tense of may (Old English magen "to be able"), thus "*may-ed." See may (v.). The first record of might-have-been is from 1848.

5、might (n.)

6、Old English miht, earlier mæht "might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability," from Proto-Germanic *makhti- (cognates: Old Norse mattr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch macht, Old High German maht, German Macht, Gothic mahts), Germanic suffixed form of PIE root *magh- (1) "be able, have power" (see may (v.)).

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