具體用法：
1.maybe是副詞，意思是“也許、可能”，在句中作狀語，相當於perhaps，常位於句首。
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裡了。
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.“你在他們那裡保險有多長時間了？”“噢，記不清楚了。大概五年了。”
3.在may be中，may是情態動詞，be是動詞原形，兩者構成完整的謂語形式，與主語形成系表結構，意為“也許是、可能是”。
I can’t find my watch. It may be in your pocket.
我找不到我的手錶了，它可能在你的口袋裡。
He may be a soldier. 他可能是軍人。
4.maybe和may be可相互轉換。
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。