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May've is the short spoken form of may have. The stands where the ha of have has dropped out, so She may've gone home means She may have gone home: it is possible that she has already left. You hear it a lot in fast, informal speech, alongside could've, would've, should've, and might've. In careful writing, especially school work, teachers usually want may have written out in full. The meaning does not change when you it; only the sound and the look on the page change. It is still the helping verb have, used after may to talk about a possible past action or a possible completed state.
may have 的口語縮寫
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
may'vecontraction/meɪv/
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may have
- "He may've hid?" asked Bentley. The boatswain nodded an affirmative. "He may've, sir. But we looked and searched a bit, and we found nothing. We flushed a few more drunken buggers out for locking up, but no Black Bob. I'm sorry, sir, but I wouldn't be surprised..."
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。