mays

May is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb.
may 是情态动词，与动词原形连用。

1. MODAL 也许(会发生或出现);可能(会如此)
   You use may to indicate that something will possibly happen or be true in the future, but you cannot be certain.
   1. We may have some rain today...
      今天可能会下点雨。
   2. Rates may rise, but it won't be by much and it won't be for long...
      费率也许会提高，但幅度不会太大，时间也不会太长。
   3. I may be back next year...
      我可能明年会回来。
   4. I don't know if they'll publish it or not. They may...
      我不知道他们是否会出版，也许他们…
   5. Scientists know that cancer may not show up for many years.
      科学家们知道癌症可能会潜伏多年。
2. MODAL 有可能，也许(用于表示某事可能属实，但不确定)
   You use may to indicate that there is a possibility that something is true, but you cannot be certain.
   1. Civil rights officials say there may be hundreds of other cases of racial violence...
      负责民权事务的官员说可能还有数百宗种族暴力事件。
   2. Throwing good money after bad may not be a good idea, they say.
      他们说用钱砸不见得是个好主意。
3. MODAL 也许，可能(用于表示某事有时或在某些情况下属实)
   You use may to indicate that something is sometimes true or is true in some circumstances.
   1. A vegetarian diet may not provide enough calories for a child's normal growth...
      素食也许不足以提供一个孩子正常成长所需的热量。
   2. Up to five inches of snow may cover the mountains.
      山上的积雪可能厚达5英寸。
   3. ...families that may have both parents working.
      或许是双职工的家庭
4. MODAL (与过去分词连用，用于表示有可能已经发生、属实或给出一个可能的解释)
   You use may have with a past participle when suggesting that it is possible that something happened or was true, or when giving a possible explanation for something.
   1. He may have been to some of those places...
      那些地方他也许去过一些。
   2. The chaos may have contributed to the deaths of up to 20 people...
      混乱可能导致多达20 人丧生。
   3. Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash...
      调查员说燃料爆炸有可能是失事的根源。
   4. The events may or may not have been connected.
      这些事件可能存在联系，也可能没有联系。
5. MODAL 尽管，或许(用于承认情况属实，但同时与更重要的事情作比较)
   You use may in statements where you are accepting the truth of a situation, but contrasting it with something that is more important.
   1. I may be almost 50, but there's not a lot of things I've forgotten...
      尽管我已经快到了知天命的岁数，但记忆却不那么糟糕。
   2. The elderly man may not be typical, but he speaks for a significant body of opinion...
      这位老人也许并没有代表性，但他所说的话却代表着相当一部分人的观点。
   3. Walking exercise may be boring at times but early on a clear sunny morning there can be nothing finer.
      有时候散步这种锻炼方式也许会比较枯燥，但若是在一个阳光明媚的清晨，还有什么比这更惬意的呢。
6. MODAL 可以(用于举出在需要时可以加以利用的某些特性、事实等)
   You use may when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something that people can make use of if they want to.
   1. The bag has narrow straps, so it may be worn over the shoulder or carried in the hand...
      这个包配有细带子，可以肩挎，也可以手拎。
   2. Some of the diseases of middle age may be prevented by improving nutrition.
      中年时期的一些疾病可以通过改善营养的方式来预防。
7. MODAL (通常根据规则或法律)可以/不可以
   You use may to indicate that someone is allowed to do something, usually because of a rule or law. You use may not to indicate that someone is not allowed to do something.
   1. Any two persons may marry in Scotland provided that both persons are at least 16 years of age on the day of their marriage...
      在苏格兰，如果双方均年满16岁就可以结婚。
   2. Adolescents under the age of 18 may not work in jobs that require them to drive.
      未满18岁者不得从事需要开车的工作。
8. MODAL 可以(表示准许或请求许可)
   You use may when you are giving permission to someone to do something, or when asking for permission.
   1. Mr Hobbs? May we come in?...
      霍布斯先生？我们可以进来吗？
   2. If you wish, you may now have a glass of milk...
      你想喝的话，现在可以喝一杯牛奶。
   3. 'You may leave.' — 'Yes, sir.'
      “你可以走了。” —— “是，长官。”
9. MODAL 可否(用于礼貌的请求)
   You use may when you are making polite requests.
   1. I'd like the use of your living room, if I may...
      可以的话，我想用一下你的起居室。
   2. May I come with you to Southampton?...
      我可否与您共赴南安普顿？
   3. Ah, Julia, my dear, here is our guest. May we have some tea?
      喂，朱莉娅，亲爱的，来客人了。沏点茶好吗？
10. MODAL 可以,能否（通常用于问句中，表示提出礼貌的建议、请求等)
    You use may, usually in questions, when you are politely making suggestions or offering to do something.
    1. May we suggest you try one of our guest houses...
       可否请您体验一下我们的客房？
    2. May we recommend a weekend in Stockholm?...
       我们可以提议在斯德哥尔摩度周末吗？
    3. Do sit down. And may we offer you something to drink?...
       请坐，给您拿点喝的好吗？
    4. May I help you?
       需要我帮忙吗？
11. MODAL 可以(用于有礼貌地插话、提问或引入话题等)
    You use may as a polite way of interrupting someone, asking a question, or introducing what you are going to say next.
    1. 'If I may interrupt for a moment,' Kenneth said...
       “能打搅一下吗，”肯尼思说。
    2. Anyway, may I just ask you one other thing?...
       不管怎样，我可以再问您一个问题吗？
    3. If I may return to what we were talking about earlier.
       让我们再回到之前的那个话题。
12. MODAL 也许会，可能会(用于提及别人对自己所说的话可能会有的反应或态度)
    You use may when you are mentioning the reaction or attitude that you think someone is likely to have to something you are about to say.
    1. You know, Brian, whatever you may think, I work hard for a living...
       布赖恩，你知道，不论你怎么看，我都是在为生计而拼命工作。
    2. You may consider it useless, but for our customers it's an all-important sign of good service.
       您也许会认为这样毫无用处，可是对于我们的客户而言，它却是优质服务的重要体现。
13. MODAL 不妨说,可以说(用于强调)
    You use may in expressions such as I may add and I may say in order to emphasize a statement that you are making.
    1. They spent their afternoons playing golf—extremely badly, I may add—around Loch Lomond...
       他们下午都在洛蒙德湖边打高尔夫——顺便提一句，球技糟透了。
    2. Both of them, I may say, are thoroughly reliable men.
       可以说，他俩都是绝对可靠的人。
14. MODAL (以便)能，可以（使某事发生）
    If you do something so that a particular thing may happen, you do it so that there is an opportunity for that thing to happen.
    1. ...the need for an increase in the numbers of surgeons so that patients may be treated as soon as possible...
       需要增加外科医生的人数，以便患者能够及早得到救治
    2. The door is shut so that no one may overhear what is said.
       门关着，这样没人能听见说话的内容。
15. MODAL 祝;但愿
    People sometimes use may to express hopes and wishes.
    1. Courage seems now to have deserted him. May it quickly reappear.
       他现在似乎失去了勇气，但愿他能很快重新振作起来。
16. be that as it may → see: be

1. While at Ford, mays oversaw the work of some 900 designers in multiple studios for, at times, eight different brands.
   在福特效力期间，梅斯要监管多个工作室中多达900位设计师的工作，这些工作室有时候要同时负责八个不同的品牌。
2. Over the years, Mays was associated with some cars that deserve the overused adjective "iconic," and some less so.
   多年来，梅斯的大名总是和一些完全配得上“标志性的”这个用滥形容词的车型联系在一起，也跟一些不那么著名的车型相关。
3. At the same time, mays 'career raises anew a question that has long perplexed industry observers: how responsible is the chief designer for any individual model that comes out of his studio?
   与此同时，梅斯的职业生涯再次引发了一个让汽车业观察家困惑已久的问题：具体到他工作室推出的车型，这位首席设计师到底承担多大责任？
4. Watch the latest glimpse at this3D tale, which stars Neil Patrick Harris, Sof í a Vergara, Jayma Mays, and several other stars voicing the tiny blue creatures.
   视频中就是齐集尼尔·帕特里克·哈里斯、索菲亚·维加拉、杰玛·梅斯等众多影星倾情献声的《蓝精灵》最新预告片。
5. Of course, Willie Mays still watches baseball games on television at home, sitting in an easy chair.
   当然，威利五月份在电视上看棒球比赛还是在家，坐在舒适的椅子。
6. A study on the pattern and effect of Zea mays intercropping with Medicago sativa
   玉米-紫花苜蓿间作模式与效应研究
7. With the completion and initiation of Oryza sativa and Zea mays genome sequencing respectively, such functions will be more obvious.
   随着水稻、玉米基因组序列的完成与启动，这方面的作用将更加显著。
8. Comparative analysis of diameter and macroelement content in primary roots and secondary roots from different layers of Zea mays
   玉米初生根和不同层次次生根的直径和大量元素含量的比较分析
9. Eleanor had become quite attached to Mays, though their skins were of different colors.
   埃莉诺早已非常喜欢梅斯，虽然他们两人的肤色不同。
10. The Same Goal Achieved by Different Means& comparison between the image of Dai Yu and That of Zi Ji; A study on the pattern and effect of Zea mays intercropping with Medicago sativa
    殊途同归&黛玉、紫姬形象之比较玉米-紫花苜蓿间作模式与效应研究
11. This is predicted to be one of the sunniest mays for many years.
    有预报说这将是多年来最晴好的五月之一。
12. When Mr Mays had the organizing of the school plays they used to run like clockwork.
    梅斯先生负责组织学校戏剧团的时候，一切进展都十分顺利。
13. They take shelter with a married couple, Patrick and Grace, played by Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays, and try to find a way back to the village before Gargamel finds them.
    在尼尔-帕特里克-哈里斯和杰玛-梅斯扮演的夫妻帕特里克和格蕾丝的保护下，它们试图在格格巫发现它们之前，找到返回村庄的路。
14. Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition on gas exchange of maize ( Zea mays) were studied under soil drought conditions.
    在盆栽条件下就氮磷营养对玉米叶片气体交换的影响进行了比较研究。
15. Influence of nitrogen application on soil moisture-nitrogen dynamics and water-fertilizer use efficiency of Zea mays
    氮施用量对夏玉米土壤水氮动态及水肥利用效率的影响
16. Mays The problem is the European and American brands that do not want to be carried out.
    梅斯问题是欧洲和美国的品牌，不想进行。
17. The brightly coloured insect, which is only a few inches long, was snapped by wildlife biologist Jonathan Mays in Maine, U.S.
    缅因州的野生生物学家乔纳森？梅拍摄到了这只颜色艳丽的仅有几英寸长的小生物。
18. The Interactive Effects of Enhanced UV-B Irradiation and Water Deficit on Physiological Responses in Different Maize ( Zea mays) Cultivars
    不同玉米品种对增强UV-B辐射与干旱复合胁迫的生理响应
19. One of Mays's few remaining goals was to fly on Air Force one, a message relayed to the president by a mutual friend.
    五月份的为数不多的目标是乘坐“空军一号”，一个消息转播给总统通过共同的朋友。
20. Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays, Lake County Health Department's community health director.
    莱克县健康部门公共卫生主管比尔·梅斯表示，生吃蟑螂可能增加患胃肠疾病和过敏症的危险。
21. Were responsible for driving Taylor mays over the edge that night.
    才是造成她失足坠崖的罪魁祸首。
22. Timing and concentration effects on the defense response of Zea mays seedlings after application of jasmonic acid to leaves
    叶片涂施茉莉酸对玉米幼苗防御反应的时间和浓度效应
23. Studies on Programmed Cell Death of Peripheral Cells of Root Cap of Zea mays and Allium sativum
    玉米和洋葱根冠外缘细胞编程性死亡特征的研究
24. The bartender mays think only of to boil cup Ireland coffee for her, and don't care whether she can realize his strenuous efforts or not with persist, and also don't care whether she will move or not.
    酒保可能只想为她煮杯爱尔兰咖啡，并不在乎她是否能体会他的心血与执着，也不在乎她是否会感动。
25. The detail from corn ( Zea mays) leaf shows parallel venation of the major veins.
    玉米叶的细节表明主脉的平行排列模式。
26. Effect of Low NaCl Level on Photosynthesis of Zea mays Seedlings
    低浓度NaCl对玉米幼苗光合作用的影响
27. Post-transcriptional Processing of Two Functions of Unknown Transcription Factor Genes in Zea mays
    玉米两个功能未知转录因子基因的转录后加工
28. The effect of sewage irrigation on Germination and early stage growth of Zea mays
    污灌对玉米萌发和早期生长发育的影响
29. Similar phenomena were also observed in Zea mays and Cucumis sativus.
    玉米和黄瓜也有类似现象。

noun

1. United States baseball player (born in 1931)

   Synonym:    Willie MaysWillie Howard Mays Jr.Say Hey Kid