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may
时间: 2024-04-14 14:47:18
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英 [meɪ]

verb:modal.也许(会发生或出现);可能(会如此);可能,也许(用于表示某事可能属实,但不确定);尽管,或许(用于承认情况属实,但同时与更重要的事情作比较);可以(用于举出在需要时可以加以利用的某些特性、事实等);(通常根据规则或法律)可以;可以(用于请求许可或准许);可否;能否;可以;能否;也许会,可能会(用于提及别人对自己所说的话可能会有的反应或态度);可以,能够(用于that或so that引导的从句中,表示结果或目的);祝;愿;但愿;

双语例句
  • Some smallish firms may close.

    一些比较小的公司可能会关闭。

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  • The deal may be ruled illegal.

    这笔交易可能会被判定为非法。

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  • They may be shredding documents.

    他们也许正在粉碎那些文件。

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  • That may or may not be true.

    这可能是真的,也可能不是。

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  • May I speak off the record?

    我可以私下里说吗?

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  • May I offer you some refreshment?

    可以请您吃点喝点什么吗?

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • 'May Bhagwan bless you,' he said.

    “愿神保佑你。”他说。

    《牛津词典》
  • They may have to amputate.

    他们可能不得不施行截肢手术。

    《牛津词典》
  • Mr. Hobbs? May we come in?

    霍布斯先生?我们可以进去吗?

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • May I have your full name?

    我能知道您的全名吗?

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Tax cuts may unbalance the budget.

    税收减少可能使预算失去平衡。

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  • Other problems may follow.

    其它问题也许会随之而来。

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  • He may still face criminal charges.

    他也许仍旧要面对刑事指控。

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  • You may come if you wish.

    如果你愿意可以来。

    《牛津词典》
  • I may be back next year.

    我可能明年回来。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Military action may become necessary.

    军事行动可能会成为必要。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • May she rest in peace.

    愿她安息。

    《牛津词典》
  • Boys and girls may behave differently.

    男孩儿和女孩儿的表现可能不同。

    《牛津词典》
  • Warnings of disaster may be overblown.

    灾难的警告可能是夸张的。

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  • Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics.

    你的大夫可能会开抗生素。

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  • You may well be right.

    你很可能是对的。

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  • He may yield control.

    他可能放弃控制权。

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  • May he rest in peace.

    愿他安息吧。

    《牛津词典》
  • Such action may have dire consequences.

    这种行为可能产生严重后果。

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  • They may well win.

    他们完全可能赢。

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  • May I sit here?

    我可以坐在这儿吗?

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  • We may win yet.

    我们迟早会赢的。

    《牛津词典》
  • There may be an announcement about this tomorrow—or not, as the case may be.

    这件事明天可能有个声明,也可能没有,那要看情况了。

    《牛津词典》
  • Companies may start to invest in plant and equipment abroad where costs may be lower.

    各公司可能要开始在国外投资大型机械设备,那里成本可能低一些。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • The student may show signs of feeling the strain of responsibility and she may give up.

    学生可能表现出责任带来的压力感的种种迹象,她也许会放弃。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
短语搭配
  • may be

    也许,可能

  • may have

    +过去分词

  • in may

    在五月

  • may well

    很可能;充分理由;有充分理由可以…

  • may i help you

    要我帮忙吗;请问买什么(商场用语)

  • may day

    五一国际劳动节

近义词
aux. 可能,可以;愿意
同义词辨析

can, may

这两个情态动词均含有\能,可能,可以\之意。

  • can和may常被错用,应注意3点:

  • 1.can表示体力或智力方面的能力。may没有这种功能。

  • 2.can和may都可表示请求允许做某事,前者较口语化,最常用;may用于正式文体,多含尊敬之意。

  • 3.can和may都可能表示可能性,前者表理论上的可能性,而后者表示现实的可能性。在这种用法中,can一般不能用来表将来的可能性,多用在否定和疑问句中表现在的可能性,而may既可表现在又可表将来的可能性。

考纲分布

6年出现 1089

重要程度
  • 47%

    v 可能

  • 29%

    v 可以

  • 24%

    n (May)五月

考纲释义
  • v. 可能

    英文释义:

    expressing possibility

    真题例句:

    • Walking from one place to another may be a slow and difficult job.

      从一个地方走到另一个地方可能是一项缓慢而艰难的工作。

      [2020年 安徽省卷 完成句子]
    • It's won't hurt anybody, but they may think you know nothing about their food culture.

      这不会伤害任何人,但他们可能认为你对他们的饮食文化一无所知。

      [2019年 重庆市B卷 短文填空]
    • Sometimes rubbish is difficult to collect because it may scatter all around.

      有时垃圾很难收集,因为它可能四处散落。

      [2019年 哈尔滨市卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 可以

    英文释义:

    expressing permission or suggestion

    真题例句:

    • They may help kids learn to look after their money.

      他们可以帮助孩子们学会管理他们的钱。

      [2020年 连云港市卷 阅读表达]
    • Learning foreign languages may help us live and work in other countries.

      学习外语可以帮助我们在其他国家生活和工作。

      [2018年 南宁市卷 短文填空]
    • When eating out, you may ask for less food and take home what is left.

      外出就餐时,你可以少点食物,并且把剩下的带回家。

      [2018年 杭州市卷 阅读与表达]
  • n. (May)五月

    真题例句:

    • From May 16 to May 23 in 2019, the Asian Cuisine Festival · Guangzhou was held to encourage communication among Asian countries.

      2019年5月16日至5月23日,为鼓励亚洲国家之间的交流而举办了广州亚洲美食节。

      [2019年 广东省卷 阅读理解]
    • On May 17, 2009, Mike Good and I would take a space walk to the Hubble Space Telescope to repair an instrument.

      2009年5月17日,迈克·古德和我将进行太空行走,到哈勃太空望远镜去修理一个仪器。

      [2018年 温州市卷 完型填空]
    • My birthday is on May 2nd.

      我的生日是5月2日。

      [2018年 昆明市卷 阅读理解]
必考短语
  • may be

    可能;也许;可能会

必考派生词
  • mightn. 强大力量;威力;势力

  • mightyadj. 强大的;强有力的;巨大的;用力的;需用力的;极大的

  • maybeadv. 可能;也许

用法讲解
  • may为情态动词,无不定式和分词形式,第三人称单数现在时也无变化。否定式为may not,缩写为mayn't。

  • may可表推测,意为“可能, 也许”,多用于肯定句和否定句。具体用法如下:(1) 后跟动词原形,表示对现在或将来的推测。示例:That may be true. 这可能是真的。(2) 后接动词进行时,表示动作正在进行或将要发生。示例:They may be going abroad next month.他们可能下个月出国。(3) 后接动词完成时,表示对过去可能发生的事进行推测。示例:He may have missed his train.他可能没赶上火车。

  • may表示许可,意为“可以”。示例:May I come in?我可以进来吗?

  • 正式场合或书面语中,may用于祈使句,加动词原形,可表示祝愿。

考纲分布

12年出现 112

重要程度
  • 42%

    v 可能

  • 41%

    n (May)五月

  • 17%

    v 可以

考纲释义
  • v. 可能

    英文释义:

    expressing possibility

    真题例句:

    • You may pursue training, degrees, or increasing levels of responsibility at work.

      你可能会参加培训,获得学位,或在工作中承担更多责任。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • Some of its rhinos may be sent to the protected wild areas.

      其中一些犀牛可能会被送到野生保护区。

      [2021年 全国甲卷 阅读理解]
    • As you may know already, it's a required meeting once a week.

      你可能已经知道,这是每周一次的必要会议。

      [2017年 全国卷2 听力]
  • n. (May)五月

    真题例句:

    • Wang's courage won him several honors, including a National May Day Labor Medal and 11 Citations of Merit.

      王的勇气为他赢得了多项荣誉,包括全国五一劳动奖章和11次嘉奖令。

      [2021年 新高考II卷 完形填空]
    • Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend.

      9月到5月的夏季常规赛在河湾音乐厅举行。

      [2016年 全国卷3 阅读理解]
    • In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations.

      在美国,五月和六月是传统的毕业月份。

      [2016年 全国卷3 听力]
  • v. 可以

    英文释义:

    expressing permission or suggestion

    真题例句:

    • It is because more life experience may help people better identify priorities in life.

      这是因为更多的生活经验可以帮助人们更好地确定生活中的优先事项。

      [2021年 北京卷 阅读表达]
必考派生词
  • mightn. 强大力量;威力;势力

  • maybeadv. 可能;也许

用法讲解
  • may是情态动词,无人称变化,后接动词原形。表示许可(常和can换用):—May I use your computer?(请求许可)—我可以用你的电脑吗? —Yes, of course, you may.(给予许可) —是的,当然可以。(注意:否定回答多用No, you mustn't.或No, you can't)

  • may表示祝愿;May you have a good time!祝你玩得愉快!

  • may表示可能性,意为“可能,也许”,用于肯定句中。对现在或未来的情况进行推测,后面直接接动词原形;对过去可能发生的事情进行推测用“may+ have +过去分词”的形式:—Tom is very late.—汤姆这么晚还没来。—He may be caught by the traffic.—他可能遇到了交通堵塞。

真题例句
  • A coach may read a sports story for its threat value: he may have to play that team next week.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • A pie graph might include a legend, or it might use icons or labels within each slice.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • A salesman who is not punctual may not make a sale if he arrives late for an appointment.

    2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • A scientist working at her lab bench and a six-old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, or worry.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up for one of the visitors' centers.

    2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • According to the author, the unconscious mind may help us find the right solution.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设
  • According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设
  • Actually, one may start his journey of modern architecture by walking or biking.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • After all, if we adapt in that way, we may avoid the need to change in so many others.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • After de-layering in this way, a company may be left with just a top level of senior managers, front-line managers and employees with direct contact with the public.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文
  • Alice Moore is a teenager entrepreneur, who in may 2015 set up her business ailiecandy.

    2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Although the drills are used in deliberate practice might not be the most enjoyable, they might be the most relevant to improving performance.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
  • Although this result may not surprise you, it leads to important practical advice.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文
  • Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 原文
  • An A-team may require A balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.

    2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Besides, the professor might leave after ten minutes, which would make your trip a total loss.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文
  • And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

    2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort.

    2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Any smell might attract natural enemies that would try to eat the little comforting pats.

    2016年高考英语四川卷 语法填空 原文
  • As it happened, the bite was virtually painless: more the kind of small bite you might get from a naughty child.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • As recently reported in The Auk: ornithological advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing even before they hatch?

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • As the end of school approaches, and school vacation reading lists loom ahead, parents might take this chance to step in and make their own summer reading list and plan a family trip to the library or bookstore.

    2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • As you may know already, it's a required meeting once a week.

    2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文
  • Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills.

    2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • But it may well be that the learning you really want lies somewhere else instead.

    2015年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
  • But the next step is making sure that you remember what you've read! You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images (形象) may fly right out of your head.

    2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • By painting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
  • Children may learn the rules of language by repeating their own experiments.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 题设
  • Children's comparing themselves to others online may lead to lower self-identity and confidence.

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
  • Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 选项
  • Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • Depending on the type of allergies and/ or dietary requirements, an extra charge may be made for providing special food.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

    2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says ryan calo at stanford university, California.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Even though you might feel more comfortable going with a friend or partner, the office hour will go better if it's just you and the professor.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文
  • Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly—see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Fares for the senior /disabled customers senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare.

    2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Finally you climb into an Arctic-like zone with permanent snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

    2019年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文
  • Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 原文
  • Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term.

    2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • For example, \bridge\ might stand for \meet\ and \out\ might stand for \me\.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • For example, a sociologist may read news of crime as a social problem, rather than for its immediate reward.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • For example, children may change soccer and basketball rules to suit their needs and their environment e.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
  • For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • For example, you may want to be a pilot but can't become one because your eyesight is not good enough.

    2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Freedom may come to an end in the digital age.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项
  • Grandma's rose garden and Dad's vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that's not what's important.

    2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Grocery stores of the future might stock \food\ that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Internet.

    2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • He asked Benjamin's parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.

    2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • He has a constant urge to check for text messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He's so addicted to it that he just can't stand the idea that there may be an important text.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文
  • He might not have done this particularly well, because the teacher told gabriel that he had a good ear and suggested that gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there appealed to him.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文
  • Here are some important points that you may find helpful.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • Home treatment may help you avoid tension headaches.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文
  • How much may they pay if an 11-year-old girl and her working parents visit the museum?

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设
  • However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • However, physicist Joseph west thought there might have been a simpler way, who led the new study.

    2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
  • However, players could more effectively improve their backhand performance by practicing drills that might be considered less enjoyable.

    2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
  • However, the 1995 pop song 'common people' puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may 'want to live like common people' they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

    2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden.

    2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • However, they still did not know how to cope with mean-spirited jokes, or the sense of incompetence they might feel if they compared themselves to celebrities or more brilliant friends online.

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

    2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the clever things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

    2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
  • I might not be able to do it.

    2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • I worried that you might play like this every night.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文
  • If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance.

    2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • If acceptable social behavior is too strictly defined and controlled, the insensitive or aggressive behavior that administrators are seeking to minimize may actually be encouraged.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck.

    2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
  • If it weren't for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文
  • If Tononi's theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night's, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information — our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.

    2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文
  • If volunteer positions do not meet these needs, people may not wish to participate.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • If you don't understand something, you may research, study, and talk to other people until you figure it out.

    2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文
  • If you have a tension headache, you may also feel the pressure on both sides of your head.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文
  • If you miss this chance, it may be years before you get another one.

    2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文
  • If you take the medicine more than three times a week, you may get a rebound headache, which is far more severe than tension headaches.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文
  • In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文
  • In any given story of corruption or disaster, a thoughtful reader may receive not only the immediate reward of indirect experience, but also the delayed reward of information and preparedness.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • In department stores, the women's shoe section is generally next to the cosmetics sections:while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored customers are likely to wander over cosmetics they might want to try later.

    2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • In general, the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption, accidents and disasters, sports, social events, and human interest.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

    2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

    2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 题设
  • Indeed science is so good at what it does that there's always a temptation to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
  • Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories.

    2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Instead, babies may form an understanding of object support through repeated experiments and then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • It is important to pay your electricity bill on time, as late payments may affect your credit.

    2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文
  • It might have saved me some trouble had I known the schedule.

    2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文
  • It might seem unkind to cut people short when they interrupt you.

    2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项
  • It's about time they had to be registered and insured, so when they do hit a pedestrian or a vehicle, or cause an accident, at least they can be treated and there might be an opportunity to claim.

    2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Jordan Axani, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May.

    2017年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文
  • Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use.

    2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place.

    2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
考纲分布

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重要程度
  • 35%

    v 可能

  • 34%

    v 可以

  • 32%

    n (May)五月

考纲释义
  • v. 可能

    英文释义:

    expressing possibility

    真题例句:

    • It has been acknowledged that while kids may welcome pediatricians' recommendation, their parents may doubt its feasibility.

      人们已经认识到,虽然孩子们可能会欢迎儿科医生的建议,但他们的父母可能会怀疑其可行性。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解B]
    • Though it helps for children to investigate care facilities, involving their parents in the decision-making process may prove very important.

      虽然这有助于儿童调查护理设施,让他们的父母参与决策过程可能是非常重要的。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • What kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think.

      老年人住在什么样的护理场所可能没有我们想象的那么重要。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • v. 可以

    英文释义:

    expressing permission or suggestion

    真题例句:

    • It may facilitate independent learning.

      它可能有助于独立学习。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • It may promote creative thinking.

      它也许会激发创造性思维。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • It may help children learn the worth of labor.

      它可以帮助孩子们了解劳动的价值。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
  • n. (May)五月

    真题例句:

    • In early May, London's Boring Conference celebrated seven years of delighting in dullness.

      五月初,伦敦无聊会议庆祝了七年的无聊之乐。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • Scott's car accident was on May 22nd, just three days before the ceremony.

      斯科特的车祸发生在5月22日,就在典礼前三天。

      [2020年 CET4 听力]
必考派生词
  • mightn. 强大力量;威力;势力

  • maybeadv. 可能;也许

用法讲解
  • may表示许可,意为“可以”。示例:May I come in?我可以进来吗?

  • may可表推测,意为“可能, 也许”,多用于肯定句和否定句。具体用法如下:(1) 后跟动词原形,表示对现在或将来的推测。示例:That may be true. 这可能是真的。(2) 后接动词进行时,表示动作正在进行或将要发生。示例:They may be going abroad next month.他们可能下个月出国。(3) 后接动词完成时,表示对过去可能发生的事进行推测。示例:He may have missed his train.他可能没赶上火车。

  • may为情态动词,无不定式和分词形式,第三人称单数现在时也无变化。否定式为may not,缩写为mayn't。

  • 正式场合或书面语中,may用于祈使句,加动词原形,可表示祝愿。

真题例句
  • While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They need to immunise teams against group-think: Hackman argued that the best ones contain deviants ( ' , 离经叛道者) who are willing to do something that may be upsetting to others.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift can be exciting, rather than terrifying.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Some scholars think teamwork may not always be reliable, despite its potential to work wonders.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Normal forgetting may even be a safety mechanism to ensure our brain doesn't become too full.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • It may see old-age diseases approaching.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • It may be the beginning of a crisis.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • High-flyers ( ' , 能干的人) who are forced to work in teams may be undervalued and free-riders empowered.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Group-think may be unavoidable.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • And such research might even suggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • And most of us may sometimes feel the frustration of having old memories interfere with new, relevant memories.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are engaged is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • This behaviour may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • It is not the first time one of Google’s famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • What kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your longevity.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Though it helps for children to investigate care facilities, involving their parents in the decision-making process may prove very important.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases, Salthouse said in a news release.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The researchers are currently analyzing the study participants' health and lifestyle to see which factors might influence age-related cognitive changes.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Such moves may eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries, but they are creating panic in importing countries that must rely on what is then left for export.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Mothers' negative personality characteristics may affect their children's life spans.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Mothers' influence on children may last longer than fathers'.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • It may start a revolution in the car industry.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • It may constitute a challenge to computer programmers.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • By following individuals over time, Salthouse said, we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Based on what is emerging from some of this research, that might have been as rational a way as any to reach a decision.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted -86 living ( ' , even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • A person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Later, students may have the opportunity of selecting the adviser that they prefer.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • If you are a graduate teaching assistant, your adviser also may be your boss.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • If you are a graduate student, you may depend on your adviser for many things, including help with improving grades, acquiring financial support, forming an examining committee and getting letters of recommendation.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar ( ' , 入室盗贼) might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading -102- more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • The secret to eating less and being happy about it may have been cracked years ago—by McDonald's.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards, says Reimann.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Oil prices may rise or fall but economic laws are not subject to change.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It might mean monitoring employee productivity on a digital leaderboard and offering prizes to the winners, or giving employees digital badges or stars for completing certain activities.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It may shed light on people's desire to crack a secret.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It may be a pleasant way for kids to reduce their food intake.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • In the workplace, feedback may not be so welcome to managers with a fixed mind-set.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • If we replaced half of our administrative staff with classroom teachers, we might actually get a majority of our classes back to 20 or fewer students per teacher.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • How might this knowledge be used to help people eat more healthily?One possibility is a healthy option that offers the chance to win a spa ( ' , 温泉疗养) weekend.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Gamification is not a miracle cure for all workplaces as it may have negative results.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • For workers, especially low-paid workers, who desperately need their jobs yet know they can be easily replaced, gamification may feel more like the Hunger Games.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • For them, the right kind of gamification might be turning their sales pitches into a competition with other team members, complete with a digital leaderboard showing who is winning at all times.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes, so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • This once-in-alifetime  event actually may take  place twice in some folks’ lives.

    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • You may need to start by encouraging your current network to help you identify your blind spots.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Writers may experience periods of time in their life when they just can't produce anything.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • That may be a bad thing, particularly at work.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may prevent your business and career from advancing.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may not be here much longer.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may make you feel uncertain about your own decisions.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may have a negative effect on creative work.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Her prison sentence might have been extended.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Her past record might stand in her way to a new life.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Ask yourself, Would Grandma consider this food? Does it look like something that might occur in nature? It's pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable foodlike objects.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • They may even have been covered with silk because silk was used a lot at that time.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format.

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • Further evidence of McLaughlin's irresponsibility occurred on May 6 when he was returning from his shift.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • But you see the summers are amazing, from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets.

    出自-2011年12月听力原文
  • One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards, says Reimann.

    2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • There are a lot of studies on the relationship between breakfast eating and possible health outcomes, but this may be because those who eat breakfast choose to habitually have health-enhancing behaviours such as regular exercise and not smoking, she say

    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there

    2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another, the Attorney General said.

    2017年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • A 4-year-old may 27 protest that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the 28 amount of juice.

    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • A dry mouth may reduce taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking fluids.

    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steel case, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are engaged is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberati

    2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • A previous Pew Research Center analysis projected that as many as one-in-four of today's young adults may never marry.

    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • A restructuring of the textbook industry may well be in order.

    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • A well-known, but inaccurate, story about Julia Child may have contributed to this food myth.

    2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Alexandra Johnstone, professor of appetite research at the University of Aberdeen, argues that it may simply be because breakfast-skippers have been found to be less knowledgeable about nutrition and health?

    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Also, mothers may call on their children more often than fathers, given traditional gender norms.

    2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin

    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • As one of the most brutal predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.

    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
  • Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have 34 arrived in the re

    2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be mutually exclusive.

    2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • But by demonstrating their common sense, they've shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all.

    2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • But having a large network and some promotional skills may be more crucial.

    2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
考纲分布

12年出现 420

重要程度
  • 54%

    v 可能

  • 31%

    v 可以

  • 15%

    n (May)五月

考纲释义
  • v. 可能

    英文释义:

    expressing possibility

    真题例句:

    • It may do harm to his fellow employees.

      这可能会对他的同事造成伤害。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • It may put some students in remote areas at a disadvantage.

      这可能会使一些边远地区的学生处于不利地位。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • The willingness to take risks may inspire others to be more courageous.

      冒险的意愿可能会激励其他人变得更加勇敢。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
  • v. 可以

    英文释义:

    expressing permission or suggestion

    真题例句:

    • In other words, optimism may foster good habits that bolster health.

      换句话说,乐观可能会培养有益健康的良好习惯。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解A]
    • This suggests that these behaviors may, at least in part, explain the link.

      这表明这些行为至少部分解释了这种联系存在的原因。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解A]
    • The optimism and positivity may motivate people to focus less on trivial and unimportant matters.

      乐观和积极可以激励人们少关注琐碎和不重要的事情。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
  • n. (May)五月

    真题例句:

    • \Plasticity has become an industry of its own,\ he wrote in his May paper.

      “可塑性已经成为一个独立的产业,”他在五月的论文中写道。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解B]
    • His results, published in May, suggest that many of his peers do just that.

      他在5月份发表的结果中表明,他的许多同龄人就是这样做的。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解B]
    • In May this year, Burberry announced it was taking fur out of its catwalk shows and reviewing its use elsewhere in the business.

      今年5月,博柏利宣布将皮草从时装秀中撤出,并重新审视其在其他行业的应用。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解B]
必考短语
  • may well

    完全可以;完全能;很可能

必考派生词
  • mightn. 强大力量;威力;势力

  • mightyadj. 强大的;强有力的;巨大的;用力的;需用力的;极大的

  • maybeadv. 可能;也许

用法讲解
  • may为情态动词,无不定式和分词形式,第三人称单数现在时也无变化。否定式为may not,缩写为mayn't。

  • may可表推测,意为“可能, 也许”,多用于肯定句和否定句。具体用法如下: (1) 后跟动词原形,表示对现在或将来的推测。 示例:That may be true. 这可能是真的。 (2) 后接动词进行时,表示动作正在进行或将要发生。 示例:They may be going abroad next month. 他们可能下个月出国。 (3) 后接动词完成时,表示对过去可能发生的事进行推测。 示例:He may have missed his train. 他可能没赶上火车。

  • may表示许可,意为“可以”。 示例:May I come in? 我可以进来吗?

  • 正式场合或书面语中,may用于祈使句,加动词原形,可表示祝愿。

真题例句
  • While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial, Morgan wrote to the presidents.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They might eat something toxic and damage their health.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They may have trouble getting adequate food.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They may evolve new feeding habits.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They may end up staying there permanently.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • They may eat something harmful.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The dynamic adjustment to low oil prices may, however, be different this time around.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The belief that research data is private intellectual propertyThe concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Students may take advantage of online resources to learn to solve math problems.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involvement in accelerated math: math circles.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Some climate impacts may already be discernible.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Middle school is a crucial period when students may become keenly interested in advanced mathematics.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • It has plans to open more locations of Macy's Backstage, a newly-developed off-price concept which might help it better compete with ambitious T.J.Maxx.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • It also adds the element of artistic creativity to attract a new pool of students who may not see themselves as math people.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • A tax on upstream carbon sources is one easy way to put a price on carbon emissions, although some countries may wish to use other methods, such as emissions trading schemes.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Sweden was the first European country to print and use paper money, but it may soon do away with physical currencies.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • In fact, you may have heard about the new superbugs, which are antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics.

    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • They may be due to the novel way of advertising.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet's environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The final legislation might throw a public plan into the competition, but thanks to the fierce opposition of the insurance industry and Republican critics, it might not save much money.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie ( ' , 环保主义者), but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Such results may seem surprising against the background of shocking incidents that color the way the mass media portray the young.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Sometimes the best treatment might be the most expensive.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Parents are concerned that their children may get involved in criminal offences once they reach their teens.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Of course, such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • No wonder parents worry their own kids might spin out of control once they hit the turbulent waters of adolescence.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Interactive ads and viewers might not go well together.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Farmers and consumers may be affected by harmful bacteria.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Fair competition might create a strong incentive for insurers to charge less.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Contrary to analysts' doubts, the author believes drug prices may be lowered through negotiation.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Clickthrough rates have been high so far ( ' , around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% online), but that may be a result of the novelty.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • But while the number of advertisements may have dipped, there has been a rapid spread of eco-labeling.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Mothers have been warned for years that sleeping with their newborn infant is a bad idea, because it increases the risk that the baby might die unexpectedly during the night.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • A lot of times people are not really aware of the impact they have, or the fact that taking them in combination with other medications might put you at increased risk for something that you wouldn’t otherwise being countering or be at risk for.

    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • find digital devices simply indispensablecommunicate primarily by mobile phonelight their homes with stored solar energydistribute power with wires and wooden polesbenefit their business transmit power faster promote innovationencourage competitionIt might become a thing of the past.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in inconspicuous behaviors.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica's treaties before their expiration.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • The researchers also acknowledged that there are a few areas where race as a construct might still be useful in scientific research: as a political and social, but not biological, variable.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smartwatches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Still, as impressive as all this is, it may be trivial compared with what comes next.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • So what other variables could be used if the racial concept is thrown out? Yudell said scientists need to get more specific with their language, perhaps using terms like ancestry or population that might more precisely reflect the relationship between humans and their genes, on both the individual and population level.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Schoololeavers may moan, but they have little choice but to embrace university and the student debt that comes with it.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Scan the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show ( ' , CES), and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Of course, that may sound like a description of every teenager on the planet.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Moen and her colleagues may have found the solution.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Many hitherto unobserved youngsters may have psychological problems.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It might turn out to be a prosumer.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It may have found an ideal way to handle teenagers with behavioral problems.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • In-office wellness programs may help reduce stress levels, but they are hardly an ultimate solution to the problem.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • By the end of the decade, it's expected to be worth over $50 billion and generate 160 gigawatt-hours, enough to attract the attention of major companies that might not otherwise be interested in a decidedly pedestrian technology.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • And while you may forgive your smartphone an occasional fault, you probably have less patience for error messages from your door lock.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.

    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • At best, kids might be confused.

    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • With the help of psychologists, there is fresh hope that we might go green after all.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • While that may make suborbital travel safer, it would add significant cost and complexity to an emerging industry that has until now operated largely as the playground of billionaires and dreamy engineers.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • They may lose the respect of patients.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • They may have to use less effective drugs.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • They may be involved in a conflict of interest.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • They may be forced to divide their attention.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • The current situation in American higher education may not last long.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Politicians may tackle polluters while scientists do battle with carbon emissions.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Per-capita local government spendingIn other words, communities with high levels of per-capita income growth, high percentages of two-parent families, and high local government spending—which may stand for good schools— are the most likely to help poor children relive Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches story.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Museums and other institutions of informal learning may be better suited to teach this skill than elementary and secondary schools.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may lead to the bankruptcy of Virgin Galactic.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may discourage rich people from space travel.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • It may add to doctors' already heavy workloads.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • In some cases, colleges and universities might have to change their training programs, adding another layer of difficulty.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Fortunately for the planet, social science and behavioural economics may be able to do that for us.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • And if we're not going to make rational decisions about the future, others may have to help us to do so.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers or the National Black Employees Association, the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' control.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • When teamsconsist of experienced employees from hierarchical organizations, who have been conditioned to traditional organizational culture, cooperation may not occur naturally, it may need to be created.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Together, the team may then produce something new, unique and superior to that of any one member.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Therefore, team building may be necessary in order to improve the group’s performance.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • For some people, mass transit might answer all transportation needs.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • For others, a combination of mass transit and private transportation may be desirable.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Britains who pass their A levels may still not qualify for a top university at home, but find American universities far more welcoming.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Although a team may be composed of knowledgeable people, they must learn new ways of relating and working together to solve cross-functional problems.

    出自-2015年12月听力原文
  • Students attend \short terms\ in May and June to earn the credits required for graduation.

    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • But you see the summers are amazing, from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets.

    出自-2011年12月听力原文
  • \Make mathematics more available,\ Draujlcova says. Redesign it so it's more accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults who worry about it, adults who may have had bad experiences.\

    2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • \What we find is you actually look at the world slightly differently, because you're looking for things you want to capture, that you may want to hang onto,\ Dehl explains. \That gets people more engaged in the experience, and they tend to enjoy it more.\

    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-showstyle contest held each May.

    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Alcohol may increase the effect of a drug.

    2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this zinfandel.

    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • Although these may not seem like large effects, the impact of early attention problems continued throughout the children's academic careers.

    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
考纲分布

18年出现 277

重要程度
  • 51%

    modal v 可能; 也许

  • 36%

    v 可以; 能够

  • 8%

    n (May)五月

  • 5%

    v 祝; 愿

考纲释义
  • modal v. 可能; 也许

    英文释义:

    expressing possibility

    真题例句:

    • The answer may be a resounding \yes!\

      答案可能是一句响亮的“是!”

      [2017年 英语一 完型填空]
    • Conversely, someone with a small frame may have high body fat but a normal BMI.

      相反,身材矮小的人可能体脂高,但身体质量指数正常。

      [2014年 英语二 完型填空]
    • Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones.

      金钱可能并不能完全买到幸福,但富裕国家的人通常比贫穷国家的人更幸福。

      [2014年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • v. 可以; 能够

    英文释义:

    expressing permission or suggestion

    真题例句:

    • If you have a bone to pick with someone in your workplace, you may try to stay tight-lipped around them.

      如果你对你工作场所的某个人有意见,你可以试着对他们守口如瓶。

      [2020年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • In theory, a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen.

      理论上,女孩可以否决父母选择的配偶。

      [2016年 英语一 完型填空]
    • Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.

      除了在哥伦比亚特区,非律师不得拥有律师事务所的任何股份。

      [2014年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • n. (May)五月

    真题例句:

    • As of May, those rates had spiked up to 13.3 per cent and 13.7 per cent.

      截至5月份,这两项利率分别飙升至13.3%和13.7%。

      [2021年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • On May 31st Microsoft set off the row.

      5月31日,微软挑起了这场争论。

      [2013年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • v. 祝; 愿

必考短语
  • may be

    可能;也许;可能会

必考派生词
  • mightn. 强大力量;威力;势力

  • mightyadj. 强大的;强有力的;巨大的;用力的;需用力的;极大的

  • maybeadv. 可能;也许

用法讲解
  • may是情态动词,表示“也许,可能”,大写的May也指月份中的“五月”

真题例句
  • It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.

    出自-2009年考研翻译原文
  • If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

    出自-2009年考研翻译原文
  • To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans’ theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • This means that a DNA database may differ depending on the company that processes the results.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life, we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture adjusting to New world circumstances.

    出自-2009年考研阅读原文
  • The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

    出自-2010年考研阅读原文
  • However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

    出自-2011年考研翻译原文
  • They may then decide to go elsewhere.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • In such a case, the company’s response may not be sufficiently quick or thoughtful, and the learning curve has been steep.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • Consumers passionate about a product may create “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • But it’s interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren’t in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting “ the Rachel” might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies’ marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concerned.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • Academic inquiry, at least in some fields, may need to become less exclusionary and more holistic.

    出自-2011年考研阅读原文
  • To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.

    出自-2012年考研翻译原文
  • Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features.

    出自-2012年考研翻译原文
  • It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.

    出自-2012年考研翻译原文
  • But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missed may not change their views.

    出自-2012年考研阅读原文
  • Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

    出自-2012年考研阅读原文
  • A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need.

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  • You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little future to look forward to.

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  • Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

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  • Perhaps willfully , it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.

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  • On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as a default.

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  • It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being.

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  • For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation.

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  • Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

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  • Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

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  • Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.

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  • As much as some scientists may complain about the new awards, two things seem clear.

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  • Archaeologists also may locate buried remains by using such technologies as ground radar, magnetic- field recording, and metal detector.

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  • You make further inferences, for instance, about how the test may be significant to you, or about its validity—inferences that form the basis of a personal response for which the author will inevitably be far less responsible.

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  • This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.

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  • The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom.

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  • Rather, we ascribe meanings to test on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures ( ' , so especially its language structures) and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.

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  • Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.

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  • In effect, you try to reconstruct the likely meanings or effects that any given sentence, image or reference might have had: These might be the ones the author intended.

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  • California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

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  • A smart phone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.

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  • Which may be what the Times is doing already.

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  • The Conservatives’ planning reform explicitly gives rural development priority over conservation, even authorising “off-plan” building where local people might object.

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  • Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes it helps.

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  • Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step.

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  • Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Joah Peretti.

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  • New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies—at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.

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  • It’s not as expensive as you might think.

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  • If you’re in a period of change or just feeling stuck and in a rut, now may be a good time.

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  • For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish.

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  • First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality.

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  • But even if you accept Friedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility( ' , CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders’ money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut.

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  • Are you looking to refresh your image or pivot it? For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image.

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  • His analysis should therefore end any self-contentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.

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  • But even as the number of English speakers expands further there are signs that the global predominance of the language may fade within the foreseeable future.

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  • Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level.

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  • The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804,which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea ,provides another tragic reminder of why.

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  • But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

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  • Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.

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  • The development of the Elizabethan drama for the next twenty-five years is of exceptional interest to students of literary history, for in this brief period we may trace the beginning, growth, blossoming, and decay of many kinds of plays, and of many great careers.

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  • Court, school organizations of amateurs, and the traveling actors were all rivals in supplying a widespread desire for dramatic entertainment; and no boy who went a grammar school could be ignorant that the drama was a form of literature which gave glory to Greece and Rome and might yet bring honor to England.

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  • Yet as distrust has risen toward all media, people may be starting to beef up their media literacy skills.

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  • We are still at the beginning of this revolution and small choices now may turn out to have gigantic consequences later.

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  • If software promises to save lives on the scale that drugs now can, big data may be expected to behave as a big pharma has done.

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  • Further arrangements- and there may be many-between the NHS and DeepMind will be carefully scrutinised to ensure that all necessary permissions have been asked of patients and all unnecessary data has been cleaned.

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  • But in the medium term,middle-class workers may need a lot of help adjusting.

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  • \Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves, especially if it removes them from their current school or support system,\ he said.

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  • \There has been a kind of revival or a rethinking about what guilt is and what role guilt can serve,\ says Amrisha Vaish, a psychology researcher at the University of virginia, adding that this revival is part of a larger recognition that emotions aren't

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  • A smartphone may contain an arrestee's reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.

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  • A young man can decide on a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to arrange the marriage negotiations, or the young man's parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection.

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  • Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: Instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few.

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  • Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work against the disappearance of the paper system.

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  • As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don't get the nod also may wish to move on.

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  • As the industry advances, however, other suits may have an even greater impact.

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  • Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

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  • Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies' marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concer

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  • But even if you accept Friedman's premise and regard corporate social responsibility policies as a waste of shareholders' money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut.

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  • But in the medium term, middle-class workers may need a lot of help adjusting.

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  • But while this may be true, it's not a good enough reason to condemn gap years.

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  • By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power.

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  • California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

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  • Consumers passionate about a product may create \earned\ media by willingly promoting it to friend,and a company may leverage \owned\ media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Website.

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  • Conversely, someone with a small frame may have high body fat but a normal BMI.

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  • Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents'monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's.

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  • Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice shows up: The divorced male doesn't have a waiting period before he can remarry while the woman must wait ten months.

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  • Except in the district of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.

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  • Female participation on corporate boards may not currently mirror the percentage of women in the general population, but so what?

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  • firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.

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  • first, consumers may take CSR spending as a \signal\ that a company's products are of high quality.

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  • For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image.

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  • Fourth, electronic means of payment may raise security and privacy concerns.

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  • Further arrangements—and there may be many—between the NHS and Deep mind will be carefully scrutinized to ensure that all necessary permissions have been asked of patients and all unnecessary data has been cleaned.

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  • girls' attraction to pink may seem unavoidable, somehow encoded in their DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American Studies, it is not.

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  • Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won't last forever.

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  • Helping forests flourish as valuable \carbon sinks\ long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.

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  • However, even though it's common, it's important to keep in mind that in a single moment of fatigue, you can say something to your child that you may regret for a long time.

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