perhaps
/pɚˈhæps/KK
pɚ·hæps
1.
或許；也許；可能
用來表示某件事有可能發生或為真，但說話者不完全確定。
用法：perhaps 不可直接當作「可能的」來修飾名詞；要表達「可能的原因」，應使用 possible reason。句首 perhaps 後通常加逗號，但在較短的句子中也可以省略。
Perhaps we can take the train because parking near the night market is expensive.
也許我們可以搭火車，因為夜市附近停車很貴。
I left my umbrella in the classroom, perhaps under my desk.
我把雨傘忘在教室了，也許在我的桌子底下。
2.
大概；約莫
用來提出不精確的數量、時間或程度估計。
用法：perhaps 可放在數字或數量詞前，但不表示精確數值。
The bus ride from our school to the museum takes perhaps twenty minutes without heavy traffic.
如果沒有嚴重塞車，從我們學校搭公車到博物館大概需要二十分鐘。
Perhaps a hundred parents came to the school festival this afternoon.
今天下午大概有一百位家長來參加學校園遊會。
常見錯誤
Perhaps it will rain tomorrow?
Perhaps it will rain tomorrow.
It is perhaps that he forgot the meeting.
Perhaps he forgot the meeting.
Perhaps reason is the rain.
A possible reason is the rain.
Perhaps, I will go to Taipei tomorrow.
Perhaps I will go to Taipei tomorrow.
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・perhaps 與 maybe 幾乎同義。想讓語氣稍微更正式、較委婉時，可優先用 perhaps。
・perhaps not 是很常用的回應，意思是「也許不會」或「恐怕不是」。例如：Will it be sunny? Perhaps not.
・提出建議時，Perhaps you could … 比直接說 You should … 更委婉。