may/might……but句式指点分句示意衰弱的道理，其地方分句则相称于al-though, though, but指点的衰弱状语从句。但may……but这个句式比although、though或but的口吻要弱一些。这个结构中may请问的分句执行是真确存在的事实，毫不是“可能”的一种假定或估量的行动，翻译时要颠倒加以防范用示意衰弱关系的连词“诚然,尽管，不管，不管”等。如：

He may brag a little, but Carmela is excited by his tales of the sea.

尽管他话语有些夸张，但卡梅拉如故十分沉溺这些神秘的故事。

It may be a comfortable car, but it uses a lot of petrol.(= Although it is a comfortable car, it uses a lot of petrol.)

这辆车诚然很惬意,但耗油太大。

He may be tall, rich and handsome, but he is not my type.

诚然他是个高富帅，可是他不是我的菜。

You might have plenty of money, but that doesn't mean you're better than me.

诚然你有多钱,但这并不即是你就比我好。

Confucius may be long gone, but you don't have to look far to see the power of his ideas.

孔子诚然离开东谈主世照旧很深切,可是你无须远看,便可看到他念念想的威力。

They may be seven thousand miles away but they know what's going on over here.

诚然他们远在7000英里以外,但他们却知谈这里的情况。

He may be fat, but he can still run fast.

他尽管很胖,仍然跑得很快。

There may be some evidence to suggest she's guilty, but it's hardly conclusive.

诚然有些把柄标明她有罪,可是,这些把柄并不是很可信的。

You may feel all the training is a waste of time , but later you’ll be grateful you did it.

诚然你会以为通盘的老师齐是在浪掷技艺,但将来你会为我方的插足而感到红运。

Ben may only be ten , but he plays the guitar beautifully.

本诚然才10岁,但吉他却弹得相称好。

I may be only a servant, but I have my pride.

诚然我仅仅个仆东谈主,可是我是有自重心的。

That coat may have cost a lot of money, but it's worth it.

那件外衣诚然花许多钱,但值得。

But he's your brother. He may be my bother but I don't trust him,

但他是你的哥哥。他尽管是我的哥哥,但我不信任他。

He may be lazy, but he can work very hard when he feels like it.

他诚然懒,但唯有他想勤勉,就会负重致远。

You may think you're smart but you don't understand this kind of work at all.

你虽自以为很聪慧,但你根底不懂这种使命。

He may have acted unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful.

他诚然作念得不聪慧，但至少他作念一些成心的事情。

He may be clever, but he hasn't got much common sense.

他诚然聪慧,但不太循规蹈矩。

It may be a good report, but it seems to lack facts.

这诚然是个好酬报,但事实似乎还不充分。

I had taken those lyrics to heart, It may have been a cliché, but the phrase that best summed up my political philosophy was : “ It's always about the future , " .. . ( Hillary ,Living History )

这首歌的歌词我已记在心里,它的执行诚然腐臭,但其中一句歌词“齐是为了已往”却转头了我的政管制念……(希拉里，亲绝难一见史》,译林出书社,p.465)

He may be clever, but he doesn't know everything.

诚然他很聪慧，可是他并不是无所不知。

This sentence may be correct grammatically, but a native speaker never says it that way.

这个句子尽管在语法上是正确的,但同族东谈主是决不会这样说的。

He may be intelligent but he has no common sense.

他诚然很聪慧，但却莫得小数儿知识。

You might think you're very clever, but that doesn't give you the right to order me about!

诚然你以为我方很聪慧,但这并不可给你节略使唤我的职权。

John's facts may be correct, but his conclusions are unprovable.

约翰所列举的事实诚然是正确的,但他的论断却无法阐明。

We may have our differences from time to time, but basically we trust one another's judgment.( =I admit that we have our differences...but...)

诚然咱们之间常常地出现一些不对,但咱们基本上是相互敬佩对方的判断的。

这一结构中的may也可换成might,口吻更委婉。如:

Going to the beach for two weeks might seem like a good idea to you but I don't think we can afford it,

到海滨去游玩两个星期尽管对你来说似乎是个好宗旨,但咱们可没那么多钱。

Your typewriter may/might be a wonderful machine, but it's still old-fashioned compared with a word-processor.

你的打字机尽管很棒,但同翰墨处理机比起来仍然是一架旧式机器。

This weekly schedule may not solve all of your problems, but it will make you more aware of how you spend your time.(《大学英语》,Book l,Unit One)

这张周作息表诚然处置不了你通盘的问题,可是它会使你比拟了了地了解你是若何使用你的技艺的。

We may not be able to recall this information, but it is all stored in our brains.(《大学英R语》,Book.1 ,Unit Nine)

咱们诚然不可回忆起这些信息,但它们却齐贮存在咱们的脑子里。

Thomas Jefferson , the third President of the United States , may be less famous than Georg Washington and Abraham Lincoln , but most people remember at least one fact about him：he wrote the Declaration of Independence.(《大学英语》, Book 2,Unit Three)

好意思国第三任总统托马斯·杰斐逊诚然不如乔治·华盛顿和亚伯拉罕·林肯那样着名,但大多半东谈主至少难忘相干他的一件事:他写的《独处宣言》。

Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part , day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.(《大学

英语》,Book 4，Unit Five)

共事们诚然不赞赏,但幸免公开示意反对。照管们对不得不物换星移地参与应用病东谈主的作念法也许忍无可忍,但要抑遏却感到窝囊为力。

此外,may或might也可用在come what may, try as sb might, no matter...may等结构中,雷同示意衰弱,作“尽管,岂论”解。如:

Charles has decided to get a college education, come what may.

不管若何,查尔斯已下决心要上大学。

Try as I might, I could not overcome my fear of heights.

不管若何勤勉,我齐无法克服恐高症。

Try as I might, I cannot erase such a terrible experience from my memory.

不管若何勤勉,我也不可把这可怕的阅历从我的追到中抹掉。

Try as she might, she would never pass the driving test.

不管若何勤勉,，但她如故难通过驾驶员测验。

Try as he might, he couldn't find a job.

不管他若何勤勉，他如故找不到使命。

Try as he might, he couldn't solve the problem.

不管奈何勤勉，但他如故无法处置这个问题。

They always fulfill their tasks, no matter how(=however )great the difficulties(may be).

不管有多大的迂回,他们老是完成任务。

However talented a man may be, the collective will always be wiser and stronger.

一个东谈主再有才能,也比不上集体的灵敏和力量。

是以,may...but...为固定结构,may作“诚然,尽管,不管岂论”解,may地方的分句则相称于although指点的衰弱状语从句体育游戏app平台，以后看见了就斗胆地翻译为衰弱道理的句式，也不错在作文里无尽套写这样的高档句型。