C2
S + might well + V0 · S + may conceivably + have + V3
双重缓和——might well, may conceivably, could arguably
讲解
把情态动词和程度副词搭配,精细调整确定程度。might well 把可能性提高到接近肯定;may conceivably 降到只是可以想象;could arguably 为争论留出余地。副词位于情态动词与动词之间。 常见错误:副词放在情态动词之后:well might have been ✗, might well have been ✓.
例句
The delay might well have been deliberate.
这次延误很可能是故意的。
Such a rule may conceivably apply here.
这样的规定也许可以想象适用于此处。
This could arguably be the best of the three.
可以说这是三个当中最好的。
He may possibly have misread the figure.
他可能把数字看错了。
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