possibly,probably,perhaps,maybe的区别及其用法.pdf

这几个副词都有“可能”的意思，用法如下： possible “或许；也许”，所指的可能性较小，为加强语气，可与 can 或 could 连用； 与 may 连用，表示的可能性更小。例如： It may possibly be true ．也许是真的。 Please call me as soon as you possibly can．请尽快给我打电话。 Could you possibly tell me the answer ﹖你能告诉我这个答案吗？ probably “很有可能；十之八九” ，其语义较强，可能性较大。在否定句中， probably 不能紧 跟在否定词之后。例如： It will probably be fine tomorrow ．明天大概会是晴天。 译：她大概不会来这里。 正： Probably she won ’t come here． 正： She probably won ’t come here ． 正： She won ’t come here probably ． 误： She won ’t probably come here ． perhaps “或许”，含有“可能这样，也可能不这样”之意，其含义和用法与 maybe 一样，多 用于口语。 maybe 多用于美国英语。 在这几个单词中， 语义最强的是 probably ，其次是 perhaps 和 maybe，最弱的是 possibly 。例如： Perhaps we will be late for work ．或许我们上班会迟到。 Perhaps we’d better take a bus．也许我们最好乘公共汽车。