實(shí)用英語(yǔ)精講：Might as well 和may as well的用法及區(qū)別

口語(yǔ)中用到might as well和may as well的機(jī)會(huì)還是挺多的，在不同的語(yǔ)境下，這兩個(gè)詞組有相同的意思但也有所不同。下面我們來(lái)用例子更直觀地理解一下。

如果你‘might as well do something’或者 ‘may as well do something’，意思就是你沒(méi)有理由不去做某件事。比如：

We might as well finish this work tonight – it will only take another half an hour.
　　這里的might as well就相當(dāng)于在說(shuō)，我們沒(méi)有理由不完成這項(xiàng)任務(wù)，因?yàn)橐呀?jīng)基本完成了。

又比如：

“This hotel has a special offer at the moment – three nights for the price of two. So shall we stay for three nights instead of two?”
　　“Yes, we may as well I suppose, as it won’t cost any more.”

這里的may as well也相當(dāng)于在說(shuō)沒(méi)理由我們不再待一個(gè)晚上，因?yàn)樘貎r(jià)，不待白不待。有時(shí)候我們也常把這兩個(gè)詞組縮短來(lái)使用，比如上面的第一個(gè)例子也可以簡(jiǎn)化成：
 
　　“Shall we finish this work tonight? It will only take another half an hour.”
　　“Yes, might as well!” 

以上是表示相同意思的兩組詞，但是指值得注意的是might as well也有不同意思，在某些語(yǔ)境中，比如：

Susan: “What are you doing this evening?”
　　Mary:   “I might go to the theatre.”
　　Susan: “Oh, I might as well.”

這里Susan其實(shí)用的并不是真正合在一起的詞組might as well，而是
 
　　Might + as well.

所以這里的as well就相當(dāng)于too或者also，意思是我可能也去，而不是我沒(méi)有理由不去。通常在這種情況下，一般句子里的I會(huì)重讀（I might as well.）她回答的所對(duì)應(yīng)的句子里也有might，所以便于區(qū)分。
　　希望現(xiàn)在大家會(huì)對(duì)might as well和may as well有了更好的認(rèn)識(shí)。同時(shí)也可以嘗試用這兩個(gè)詞組造句，并運(yùn)用上自己真實(shí)的生活場(chǎng)景，這樣可以記得更牢。

參考于DailyStep English

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