1. maybe 副詞,意為“可能”、“也許”,通常用于句首,有時也放在句中或句末;may be 是情態(tài)動詞“may”加動詞“be”,意為“可能是”、“可能在”等。比較以下各組句子,含義相同,但結(jié)構(gòu)不同:

你也許是對的。

正:Maybe you are right.

正:You may be right.

他可能迷路了。

正:Maybe he has lost the way.

正:He may have lost the way.

正:It may be that he has lost the way.

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2. 副詞 maybe 可單獨(dú)用作答語,但 may be 不能這樣用。如:

A:Do you think he’ll come back? 你認(rèn)為他會回來嗎?

B:Maybe. (Maybe not.) 也許會回來吧(也許不會回來吧)。

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