具體用法：
1.maybe是副詞，意思是“也許、可能”，在句中作狀語，相當(dāng)于perhaps，常位于句首。
Maybe she’ll come this afternoon. 她可能今天下午來。
Maybe you put the letter in your pockets. 大概你把信放在衣袋里了。
2.maybe的釋義
（1）也許，可能，或許：
Maybe I'll have to change my opinion of you yet.也許我得對你改變看法呢！
（2）大概，多半：
How long have you had a policy with them?--Oh,I don't know.Maybe five years.“你在他們那里保險(xiǎn)有多長時(shí)間了？”“噢，記不清楚了。大概五年了。”
3.在may be中，may是情態(tài)動詞，be是動詞原形，兩者構(gòu)成完整的謂語形式，與主語形成系表結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“也許是、可能是”。
I can’t find my watch. It may be in your pocket.
我找不到我的手表了，它可能在你的口袋里。
He may be a soldier. 他可能是軍人。
4.maybe和may be可相互轉(zhuǎn)換。
He may be in the office.
= Maybe he is in the office. 他或許在辦公室。
You may be right.
= Maybe you are right. 你或許是對的。