perhaps: [16] The phrase by hap or by haps ‘by chance’ originated in the 14th century (hap ‘chance’, a borrowing from Old Norse, now survives in the derived happen). In the 16th century it was transformed into perhaps on the model of perchance [14] and the now obsolete percase [14], both borrowings from Anglo- Norman containing per ‘by’. => happen, happy
perhaps (adv.)
1520s, formed from Middle English per, par "by, through" (see per-) + plural of hap "chance" (see happen), on model of peradventure, perchance, etc. which now have been superseded by this word. Perhappons "possibly, by chance" is recorded from late 15c.
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1. The horrors he experienced are imprinted, perhaps indelibly, in his brain.
他經曆的恐怖事件在他腦海中刻下了深深的，或許是難以磨滅的印記。
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2. He was not perhaps physically the strongest in the class.
他可能不是全班身體最壯的。
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3. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river.
也許他已經聽從了她的建議去河邊散步了。
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4. Perhaps you would like to pay a visit to London.
也許，您樂意去遊覽一下倫敦。
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5. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.