说明
A. had better leaving B. might as well leave C. should take our leave D. ought to be leaving
might as well
核心问题
Since she is angry, we ____.
A. had better to leave her alone B. should leave her alone C. might as well leave her alone D. must leave her alone《高中英语语法练习手册》(外研社,p.170)对上题作了如下解答:“(答案为C)may(might) as well do...是一种常见的说法,意为‘没有理由不做……’”。请问把might as well译为“没有理由不做”是否表达了原义?我觉得用这种译法来翻译上面的句子,是不通的:“由于她生气了,我们没有理由不丢下她不管”。
词典解答
用“没有理由不做”来翻译上面的 may(might) as well 是不恰当的, 它没有把 may (might) as well 的真实含义表达出来。通常的译法是“不妨”“还是……的好”, 更详细的情形见 might , may as well。
试译她生气了,我们还是不去打扰她为好。