English Dictionary

might-have-been

名詞

Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved.

日本語の意味

可能性はあったが実現されなかった人物または物事 / 潜在的な偉大さや能力が発揮されなかった存在

After his injury, he became a might-have-been, remembered for flashes of brilliance that never translated into a lasting career.

怪我の後、彼はかつて有望だったがその可能性を実現できなかった存在となり、長続きするキャリアにつながらなかった輝きの瞬間だけが記憶された。

意味（1）

Someone or something whose potential greatness was not achieved.

One of the might-have-beens of railway history, however, would have altered the appearance of Monsal Dale considerably. The western portion of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (projected in 1891), from Chesterfield to Warrington, was planned to cross the dale and the Midland Line by a viaduct 543 yds. long and 272 ft. above the bed of the River Wye.

might-have-beens （ plural ）