(3)may/might as well+动词原形,意为"不妨"。
If that is the case,you might as well try.
如果事情是这样的,你不妨一试。
(4)用于祈使句中表示祝愿。
May you succeed!祝你成功!
3.must
(1)表示必须。其否定形式为mustn't,意为"不许,禁止"。回答must的问句时,否定常用needn't/don't have to,表示"不必"。
Your homework must be handed in before the class is over.
你的作业必须在下课之前交上。
The children have gone to bed.You mustn't make any noise.
孩子们已经睡了。你们不准吵闹。
-Must we hand in our exercise books now?
--我们现在必须要交练习本吗?
-No,you needn't/don't have to.
--不,不必。
(2)表示推测。意为"肯定,一定",只用于肯定句中。
Jane's light is on.She must be at home.She can't be out.
简的房间里开着灯。她一定在家,不可能出去。
(3)表示"偏要;坚持要"。常常表示与说话人愿望相反及不耐烦。
If you must leave,do it quietly.
如果你一定要离开,那就悄悄地走。
[温馨提示] must和have to的异同
have to含义与must相似,两者往往可以互换使用,但must与have to有下列几点不同:
(1)must表示说话人的主观看法,而have to 则往往强调客观需要。
(2)must一般用于一般现在时,have to则有更多的时态形式。
I have to wait here because I have no umbrella with me.
我不得不在这儿等,因为我没带伞。
Everyone must keep the law.