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问题描述
新课标高中英语《选修九》第二单元有这样一个句子：
We may well wonder how seamen explored the oceans...
请老师讲一讲 may well 与 may as well 的用法。
老师答疑
曾老师：
同意并支持付辉网友的解答，这里也发表几点本人的愚见：
1. may well 很可能；有充分理由可以；完全可以。例如：
This novel may well become a classic. 这本小说很有可能会成为经典作品。
You may well participate with us in our gains. 你们完全可以跟我们共享利益。
注意：这种结构还可以用倒装句式。如：
She can turn down your request, and well she may (do so). 她可以拒绝你的要求，并且她有充分的理由这么做。
2. may / might as well 最好；不妨； 还不如。注意比较：
had better... 最好......(积极心态)
may / might as well... 还是......好(消极或无奈)
Since he won’t listen to you, you may as well let him be. 既然他不听你的劝告，那就随他去吧。
Now that you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it. 既然你有一次机会，你还是充分利用它为好。(1999年全国高考11小题)
3. may as well...as... 完全可以把......像......一样。例如：
You may as well call a bike as a bicycle. 你大可把bike叫做bicycle。
You may as well treat him as your own son. 你完全可以把他当作你的亲生儿子。
4. might as well...as... 与其......不如......。例如：
You might as well throw money into the sea as lend it to William. 你与其借钱给威廉，还不如把钱扔到海里。
付老师：
《朗文当代》当中包含了这两个条目：
1. may as well = might as well: spoken used to suggest that someone should do something, because there is no good reason to do anything else 也就是在没有充分理由去做其他事情的情况下，建议某人最好/不妨去做某事。
If there's nothing more to do, we may as well go to bed.
You may as well tell us now - we'll find out sooner or later.
2. may well used to say that there is a good reason for a reaction, question, or feeling 这个短语用来表推断，可译作“很可能”。
A: What's all the noise?
B: You may well ask.
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