{"id":19702,"date":"2026-09-09T22:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/might-as-well-means-there-is-no-better-reason-not-to\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:36:35","slug":"might-as-well-means-there-is-no-better-reason-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/might-as-well-means-there-is-no-better-reason-not-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Doesn&#8217;t \u201cWe Might as Well Start\u201d Simply Mean \u201cWe Could Also Start\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/public-assets.geoffreychen.com\/wordpress\/articles\/might-as-well-means-there-is-no-better-reason-not-to\/efab5a05840bf7cd9b7fa80c.jpg?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u201cWe might as well start.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u5f00\u59cb\u201d\uff1f\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe might as well start.\u201d\u5e38\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u6211\u4eec\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u5f00\u59cb\u201d\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u201c\u65e2\u7136\u6ca1\u6709\u66f4\u597d\u7684\u7406\u7531\u7b49\u4e0b\u53bb\uff0c\u4e0d\u5982\u73b0\u5728\u5f00\u59cb\u201d\u3002might as well \u8868\u793a\u6b64\u65f6\u6ca1\u6709\u5145\u5206\u7406\u7531\u4e0d\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\uff0c\u5e38\u5e26\u4e00\u70b9\u201c\u90a3\u5c31\u8fd9\u6837\u5427\u201d\u7684\u8bed\u6c14\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u4f8b\u5982\uff1aA: Should we wait for Tom? B: He said he\u2019d be late, so we might as well start. \u8fd9\u91cc\u4e0d\u662f\u731c\u6d4b\u201c\u53ef\u80fd\u5f00\u59cb\u201d\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u5728\u5df2\u6709\u4fe1\u606f\u4e0b\u4f5c\u51b3\u5b9a\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5b83\u7565\u663e\u65e0\u5948\uff0c\u4e0d\u9002\u5408\u8868\u8fbe\u70ed\u5207\u671f\u5f85\uff1b\u771f\u5fc3\u76fc\u671b\u53c2\u52a0\uff0c\u53ef\u8bf4\u201cI\u2019d love to.\u201d\u6fb3\u6d32\u3001\u82f1\u56fd\u548c\u7f8e\u56fd\u90fd\u81ea\u7136\u4f7f\u7528\uff0c\u8bed\u6c14\u7531\u4e0a\u4e0b\u6587\u51b3\u5b9a\u3002<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/grammar\/british-grammar\/may-as-well-and-might-as-well\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/grammar\/british-grammar\/may-as-well-and-might-as-well<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/might%2Fmay%20as%20well\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/might%2Fmay%20as%20well<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17897162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_geoff_meta_description_en":"Explains why \u201cWe might as well start\u201d is not a neutral possibility: it chooses the most sensible course when there is no good reason to wait.","_geoff_meta_description_zh":"\u89e3\u91ca\u201cWe might as well start.\u201d\u7684\u771f\u5b9e\u8bed\u6c14\uff1a\u5b83\u4e0d\u662f\u666e\u901a\u7684\u201c\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u201d\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u5728\u5f53\u524d\u6761\u4ef6\u4e0b\u6ca1\u6709\u66f4\u597d\u7406\u7531\u7b49\u5f85\uff0c\u4e8e\u662f\u9009\u62e9\u6700\u5408\u7406\u7684\u505a\u6cd5\uff0c\u5e76\u8bf4\u660e\u7565\u5e26\u65e0\u5948\u7684\u4f7f\u7528\u8fb9\u754c\u3002","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[787297225],"tags":[787296966,787297648,787297649,787296967],"class_list":["post-19702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-english-sentence","tag-australian-english","tag-everyday-expressions","tag-everyday-expressions-zh","tag-australian-english-zh",""],"translatepress_titles":{"en_AU":"Why Doesn't \u201cWe Might as Well Start\u201d Simply Mean \u201cWe Could Also Start\u201d?","zh_CN":"\u201cWe might as well start.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u5f00\u59cb\u201d\uff1f"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ar9H-57M","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17897162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}