• adv. 或許；（表示不確定）也許；（用于粗略的估計）或許；（表示勉強同意或其實不贊成）也許；可能
• n. 假定；猜想；未定之事

來自拉丁語per,憑借，依靠，hap,機會，運氣，詞源同happy,happen.

perhaps

perhaps: [16] The phrase by hap or by haps ‘by chance’ originated in the 14th century (hap ‘chance’, a borrowing from Old Norse, now survives in the derived happen). In the 16th century it was transformed into perhaps on the model of perchance [14] and the now obsolete percase [14], both borrowings from Anglo- Norman containing per ‘by’.
=> happen, happy

perhaps (adv.)

1520s, formed from Middle English per, par "by, through" (see per-) + plural of hap "chance" (see happen), on model of peradventure, perchance, etc. which now have been superseded by this word. Perhappons "possibly, by chance" is recorded from late 15c.

1. The horrors he experienced are imprinted, perhaps indelibly, in his brain.

他經(jīng)歷的恐怖事件在他腦海中刻下了深深的，或許是難以磨滅的印記。

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2. He was not perhaps physically the strongest in the class.

他可能不是全班身體最壯的。

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3. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river.

也許他已經(jīng)聽從了她的建議去河邊散步了。

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4. Perhaps you would like to pay a visit to London.

也許，您樂意去游覽一下倫敦。

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5. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.

安迪的臉色由于失望而變得蒼白，也許還摻雜著氣憤。

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