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possibility是什么意思

2024-02-01 12:14:17
possibility
美[ˌpɑːsəbɪləti]  英[ˌpɒsəbɪləti]
n.  可能;可能性;可能的事情;潜在的价值
  名词复数:possibilities
  近义词:chance,prospect,likelihood,risk,probability,odds,potentiality,practicability,plausibility,feasibility,hazard,eventuality,contingent,expectation,goodchance,goodprospect,good,favourable,odds-on,theory,opening,hypothesis,impossibility,

详细释义

n.(名词)
  1. 可能(性)
  2. 可能的事,可能的情况
  3. 可能获胜的人,可能被选中的人
  4. 发展前途,潜在价值
  5. <口>合适的人(或事物)
  6. <古>最大的权力(或能力)

双解释义

n.(名词)
  1. [U]可能性 state of being possible; likelihood
  2. [C]可能的事 event that may happen; prospect
  3. [P]可以利用和改善的余地; 潜力 capability of being used or improved; potential

英英释义

Noun
  1. a future prospect or potential;

    "this room has great possibilities"

  2. capability of existing or happening or being true;

    "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

  3. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;

    "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory" "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

  4. a possible alternative;

    "bankruptcy is always a possibility"

组词搭配

动词+~
  1. avoid〔prove, remove〕 the possibility of避免〔证明,消除〕…的可能
  2. exclude〔raise〕 possibility排除〔产生〕可能性
  3. prevent the possibility of防止…的可能
  4. see a possibility of认识到…的可能
形容词+~
  1. bare〔remote〕 possibility微弱〔极小〕的可能
  2. fresh possibility新的可能性
  3. good〔strong〕 possibility极〔很〕有可能
名词+~
  1. trade possibility贸易的可能性
介词+~
  1. beyond the -ties of one human life一个人一生不可能做的
  2. by any possibility倘有可能
  3. out of〔within〕 the bounds of possibility在可能的范围外〔内〕
~+介词
  1. -ties for womens work妇女工作的可能性
  2. possibility of snow可能下雪
  3. possibility of success成功的可能

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. I see great possibilities in the scheme.我看这计划很可能成功。
  2. We must accept the possibility that we might be wrong.我们必须承认,我们有可能搞错了。
  3. She saw the possibilities of the scheme from the beginning.她从一开始就预见到这计划可能成功。
  4. We cant exclude the possibility that it will rain.我们不能排除天会下雨的可能性。
  5. She thought of several possibilities.她考虑了几种可能的情况。
  6. The idea has tremendous possibilities.这个想法极具潜在价值。

词语用法

n.(名词)
    possibility后不能接动词不定式,可接“of sth/ v -ing”结构或that同位语从句。