perhaps學測 L1KK [pɚˈhæps]/pɚˈhæps/
也許;可能
寫作、口說都能軟化語氣
Perhaps you could ask your teacher for help.

或許你可以請老師幫忙。

perhaps 比 maybe 更正式,英文寫作和演講開頭常用它軟化語氣。

一個畫面:留一條門縫,不完全關上的可能性

半開的門沒有完全關上
留一線還有可能發生
猶豫感還沒打定主意

義項

半開的門A2adverb也許;可能
Perhaps we will go to the beach tomorrow if the weather is nice.
也許我們明天會去海邊,如果天氣好的話。
or perhapsperhaps notperhaps because

片語

perhaps not半掩門 →委婉地表示不同意
or perhaps換角度 →換個可能的想法
perhaps because半信半疑 →猜測一個原因

你會不會這樣說?

perhaps 可以放在句子最前面嗎?

看答案

可以

副詞,可放句首、句中,語氣不變。

perhaps 常被拼錯成 prehaps 嗎?

看答案

正確順序是 per-haps,不是 pre-haps。

順路看看

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤