might-be
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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That which might be or happen; a possibility.
— In the Biology Teachers'" Handbook (Wiley, 1963), Schwab writes: A hypothesis is a "might be", a possibility which we intend to test . . . one of the values of a hypothesis consists in the fact that it can be made to point like an arrow [...]
形容词 adj.
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That might be or occur; possible; potential; hypothetical.
— "There is a might-be particle called a 'magnetic monopole' that was suggested by certain theories of Dirac and others but had never been observed.
词源
词源 1
From might + be. Compare might-have-been, would-be.
词源 2
From might + be. Compare might-have-been, would-be.
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