| 单词 | might-have-been |
| 例句 | He does this by fabricating a minutely detailed, fictionalized autobiography that documents every record he ever made, every band he ever belonged to, and that charts the entire arc of his might-have-been career. Books of The Times: A Rock-Star Life Imagined, but Never Actually Achieved 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z The title, “The Really Big Once,” refers to that one great, might-have-been love you never get over. | 'The Really Big Once': ?Camino Real,? Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan 2010-04-19T21:52:00Z One presidential might-have-been is in an elaborate mausoleum with ionic columns, but the name above the entrance is not his; it is that of his wealthy father-in-law. Green-Wood Cemetery, Where Presidential Aspirants Enjoy an Afterlife 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Every so often in “The Dark Tower,” you catch a glimpse of what might have been: the might-have-been narrative ambition, the might-have-been pop mythology, the might-have-been genre assemblage. Review: The Good, the Bad and the Stupid in ‘The Dark Tower’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet after receiving mixed notices in Los Angeles and Chicago, Mr. Newman’s “Faust” receded into the limbo of might-have-been theater successes that got derailed on the road to Broadway. Damned People Got No Reason to Live 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z But at points there are glimpses of a much more contemporary might-have-been. The Possessions of Doctor Forrest by Richard T Kelly ? review 2011-07-15T21:15:01Z Her philosophy echoed Arthur Ransome's: "Grab a chance and don't be sorry for a might-have-been." Merryl Huxtable obituary 2010-11-24T19:14:00Z But the themes — of might-have-been life stories, of places and people lost and found — remain the same. Review: ‘Behind the City’ Immerses You in New York and Yourself 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Mostly, though, the play exists in an eternal purgatory of unanswerable questions and might-have-been conjectures. Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Until then, Ms. Derricks’s theater projects sat in the might-have-been category. The Choreographer Marguerite Derricks Takes On ‘Heathers’ 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z As usual, it’s the might-have-been races that are provoking the most discussion. Democratic Centrists Lament Missed Opportunities to Keep the House 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Otherwise, a Seattle that figures to soon be history will be remembered most for what might-have-been and never really was. In what should be no surprise, there’s another national report that Jimmy Graham won’t be back with Seahawks 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z And the more I looked on, it occurred to me, it was the might-have-been that was the most important. Letter from Africa: What can Ghana learn from Norway? - BBC News 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z “He campaigned for them, he raised money for them and he’s available to them 24/7,” Katon Dawson, a former state party chairman and supporter of Mr. Graham, said of the senator’s might-have-been challengers. For Many Republican Incumbents, Challenge From Right Fizzles 2014-04-04T16:46:51Z Among the acolytes that rose from his ashes were Gary Hart—the might-have-been who was McGovern’s campaign manager—and both Bill and Hillary Clinton. The American Quixote: The Death of George McGovern (1922-2012) 2012-10-21T14:35:35Z There was no M.A. for him that year; but in our gowns and sashes we could not mourn for a might-have-been. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z The bitter wind had sung through the timbers of the ship too many tales of might-have-been, as he lay in his hammock night after night, not to have left its impression upon him. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Sometimes, of course, he thought regretfully of the might-have-been life in New York. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z And then, after a pause, “He wasn’t even a might-have-been, Patty.” The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z But what is the use of troubling about the might-have-been? Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Happy those who fell early in the struggle; they had the consolation of a might-have-been whose absurdity was not detected, and they were spared the worst. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z In addition there is the great might-have-been across the Atlantic. Socialist hopes 2011-07-13T00:07:35Z The sweetness of the might-have-been smiles upon us from its infinite distance, far, far beyond our reach, with the light upon it that never was on land or sea. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z The husband lingered moodily by the fire after the door had closed upon the last one, who happened to be the might-have-been. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Having crossed the threshold of marriage, she did not look behind her at the alluring—and elusive—road of might-have-been. The Torch Bearer In such a case we can rather augur of the might-have-been than pronounce on the actual. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) ‘They always make me discontented and remind me of what I might have had; it brings home to me the—what shall I call it?—the tragedy of the might-have-been.’ Modern marriage and how to bear it But David Swan sleeps deeply; the people pass on; and all that almost happened to him subsides forever to the region of the might-have-been. A Manual of the Art of Fiction Her delicate conscience shivered in the shadow of a possible wrong and the bitterness of the might-have-been she was to fight without ceasing. A Singer from the Sea An old journalist, a might-have-been, dying in a hospital, sends for a life-long friend, a successful poet, whom he hates because of his success. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays It seemed so inevitable now, that he must have saved her, that there was room in her thoughts for no dreadful might-have-been. The Princess Virginia Jean laid aside her needlework—mending one of Ralph’s shirts—and sighed over the might-have-been. The White Lie In a few hours now that chapter in her life would be closed, and it was useless and wicked to be always thinking of the "might-have-been." A Bride of the Plains "No," replied the First Lieutenant, with a little wry smile, as the shadow-fingers of the might-have-been tightened momentarily round his heart. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions I went to see the stable, after one of these Miriam-like flights of prophecy on the might-have-been. A Cathedral Courtship She ceased to regret that snug might-have-been, little, grocery business in a country town. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The woodman who came so near causing a catastrophe was, I believe, infinitely more frightened than his might-have-been victims. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Indeed Fate was being wantonly cruel to her to the last in thus putting before her eyes a picture of the might-have-been just when it was too late. A Bride of the Plains Philosophical historians who deal with the might-have-been may argue that a man of higher character might have worked by better means and have done something to purify the political atmosphere. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Turn your back on the might-have-been, and try with all your might to like what is! A College Girl If he hadn't happened along just when he did our glorious adventure would have dwindled into a might-have-been. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run The contrast of the actual with the might-have-been is the secret of our confidence. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The book of the 'might-have-been' is a closed one for us. A Bride of the Plains As we know they escaped, we need not make ourselves unhappy about the might-have-been; but the remark suggests how much the literary glory of any period depends upon one or two great names. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century What an epitaph for the greatest might-have-been in English literature: "Christopher Marlowe, slain by a serving-man in a drunken brawl, aged twenty-nine!" My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Now hope was lost, and in its place stood a maddening might-have-been. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman His life to-day is a mean parody upon an easily realizable might-have-been. Mike Fletcher A Novel And as his arms closed round her, crushing her in his embrace, she seemed to hear a distant sound like the closing of a door—the door of the forbidden might-have-been. The Moon out of Reach His dreams were ended, the "might-have-been" would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last. The Imaginary Marriage He was still in the toils of the might-have-been, of that wasting process—an examination, and turning over in his mind logistics, logarithms, trajectories, equations, and a mob of disconnected questions. Westways "Once I was afraid that you were without ambition, and were content to live unknown, a little suburban legend, a suburban might-have-been." Evelyn Innes But it is not our province to speculate in the rosy fields of "might-have-been," but to record facts. History of Kershaw's Brigade This, however, is not a memory but a might-have-been, and those are barred out in this Last Leaf. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe And now the vision of the might-have-been came back to him more clearly than ever, and he sat a long while with his head leaning on his hand. The Mystery of Metropolisville She bethought her that this might sound like a sigh over Dory's poverty and over the might-have-been. The Second Generation But they must have been grand old folk, these parents, and in no wise addicted to wringing their hands over “the great might-have-been.” Literary and General Lectures and Essays It was merely a passing glimpse of a might-have-been. The Heavenly Twins He had made good in all previous positions, and perhaps would have made good in the chief place, but here I stumble once more upon a might-have-been and am silent. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe It has its pathos, yet leaves no regrets behind, for there is no might-have-been which death had thwarted. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Dr. Leonard added another might-have-been and a new sigh to the secret chamber of his soul. The Web of Life But she did none of these things, and her only epitaph is that dreary might-have-been. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 At the same time the sad "too late, too late," was knelled in my ears, and I thought of the might-have-been, and rode the merry-go-round of regret's banalities. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Daddy, come back; I don't want to be a might-have-been. Dear Brutus The beautiful picture which these words conjured up filled Archie with that yearning for the might-have-been which is always so painful. Indiscretions of Archie This failure thus became a blessing in disguise: a disguise too good for Halleck, whose reprimand from Washington on the twenty-third of May shows what dangers lurked beneath the might-have-been. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray I went to see the livery stable, after one of these Miriam-like flights of prophecy on the might-have-been. A Cathedral Courtship |
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