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Friendship is a vase, which, if it is cracked by accident, may as well be broken at once.

请问最后半句话怎么翻译？as well我觉得是“也”，等于“may be broken at once as well”.

may/might as well do something 是个惯用语，用来建议做一件未必非做不可的事情。

例如：

We might as well wait a little longer for them. 我们最好再等他们一会。

If there’s nothing more to do, we may as well go to bed. 既然没有其他事可做，我们最好睡觉吧。

You may as well tell us now – we’ll find out sooner or later. 你最好现在告诉我们。我们迟早会搞清楚的。

但网友的这个句子中的may as well却不是惯用法，而是as well碰巧和may用在了一起。as well为“也”的意思，may表示推测，意为“可能”。下面句子也是相同用法：

That may as well be a word from a foreign language. 那也可能是个外来词。

= That may be a word from a foreign language, too.

= That, too, may be a word from a foreign language.

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陈才 - 英语教师 1秒前

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Friendship is a vase, which, if it is cracked by accident, may as well be broken at once.

=Friendship is a vase, which may as well be broken at once if it is cracked by accident.

参考译文：友谊是花瓶，如果不小心破裂了，也会立即破裂/破碎。

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1. as well：同样地；一样地（保留了as well as 的本义）；也；还是...为好。

as well 含有以上意思，它跟表示“许可，建议”的may 连用时，意思仍然不变。

2. may as well：字面意思是“也可以”，用来提出建议，引申出“最好还是...；不妨还是...”。例如：

You are not strong , so you may as well take care of your health.

你的体格不壮, 因此最好注意健康。

来自辞典例句

We might as well take a look at the city.

我们还是先在市里看看的好。