probable

英 [ˈprɒbəbl]

美 [ˈprɑːbəbl]

adj.  很可能发生(或存在等)的
n.  可能获胜的人(或动物); 可能入选者

复数：probables　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.5016 / COCA.6767

同义词辨析

possiblepotentialprobable【导航词义：可能的】

牛津词典

adj.

• 很可能发生（或存在等）的
  likely to happen, to exist or to be true
  1. the probable cause/explanation/outcome
     可能的原因 / 解释 / 结果
  2. highly/quite/most probable
     极其 / 相当 / 最可能的
  3. It is probable that the disease has a genetic element.
     这种疾病很可能有遗传因素。

noun

• 可能获胜的人（或动物）；可能入选者
  a person or an animal that is likely to win a race or to be chosen for a team

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可能的；也许的；大概的
  If you say that something isprobable, you mean that it is likely to be true or likely to happen.
  1. It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition...
     这种药物有可能治标不治本。
  2. She does not want to be taken to an optician with the probable result of having to wear glasses...
     她不想被带去验光，因为结果可能是她必须配戴眼镜。
  3. An airline official said a bomb was the incident's most probable cause.
     一位航空公司的官员称这次事件极有可能是由炸弹引起的。
• ADJ 很有希望的；有可能的
  You can useprobableto describe a role or function that someone or something is likely to have.
  1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.
     社会党人团结在他们很有希望当选的总统候选人米歇尔·罗卡尔周围。

英英释义

noun

• an applicant likely to be chosen

adj

• apparently destined
  1. the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme
• likely but not certain to be or become true or real
  1. a likely result
  2. he foresaw a probable loss
  Synonym:likely

双语例句

• A likely result; he foresaw a probable loss.
  一个可能的结果；他预见到一种可能的损失。
• More or less probable not more or less certain.
  或多或少可能不是或多或少确定。
• But it is hardly probable that we occupy so important a place in the universe.
  但我们不太可能位于宇宙中如此重要的位置上。
• If it is constant over time, a probable deadlock or hang could have occurred.
  如果它长时间不变，那么很可能是发生了死锁或挂起。
• It is not probable that he forgot.
  他不见得是忘了。
• It is probable that he told her everything.
  很可能他把一切都告诉她了。
• It's probable that he forgot.
  他或许是忘了。
• This paragraph contains the essence of what probable cause is.
  这段文字在内容上包含了什么是“合理可能”的本质。
• If you have thick, brittle, discolored toenails, it is probable that you might have nail fungus.
  如果你有厚，脆，变色脚趾甲，这是有可能，你也可能指甲真菌。
• It is highly probable that many of the Service's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.
  很可能该部门的许多工作人员都对这种华而不实的虚夸言辞感到反感。