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
Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.5016 / COCA.6767
同义词辨析
possiblepotentialprobable【导航词义：可能的】
possibleadj. 可能的
〔辨析〕
指有可能做到或实现的。
〔例证〕
It is possible to finish the job before it gets dark.
有可能在天黑前完成这项工作。
Science and technology make it possible for scientists to explore the universe.
科学技术使科学家得以探索宇宙。
有可能在天黑前完成这项工作。
Science and technology make it possible for scientists to explore the universe.
科学技术使科学家得以探索宇宙。
potentialadj. 潜在的，可能的
〔辨析〕
指在未来极有可能发展成为某一种人或事物的，只作定语。
〔例证〕
You'd better first identify the potential source of conflict.
你最好先弄清楚冲突的潜在根源。
Opponents wanted to know the potential benefits of the reform.
反对者想知道改革的潜在好处。
你最好先弄清楚冲突的潜在根源。
Opponents wanted to know the potential benefits of the reform.
反对者想知道改革的潜在好处。
probableadj. 很可能的，大概的
〔辨析〕
指很有可能存在、发生或属实的。
〔例证〕
The probable cause of the disease was water pollution.
患病的原因很可能是水污染。
It seems probable that he decided to resign after he had received that offer.
看起来很有可能是他在收到那个录取通知之后才决定辞职的。
患病的原因很可能是水污染。
It seems probable that he decided to resign after he had received that offer.
看起来很有可能是他在收到那个录取通知之后才决定辞职的。
牛津词典
adj.
- 很可能发生（或存在等）的
likely to happen, to exist or to be true- the probable cause/explanation/outcome
可能的原因 / 解释 / 结果 - highly/quite/most probable
极其 / 相当 / 最可能的 - It is probable that the disease has a genetic element.
这种疾病很可能有遗传因素。
- the probable cause/explanation/outcome
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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition...
- 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.- 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。
- The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.
英英释义
noun
- an applicant likely to be chosen
adj
- apparently destined
- the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme
- likely but not certain to be or become true or real
- a likely result
- he foresaw a probable loss
双语例句
- 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 probable that he would have joked for the last time.
他很可能是最后一次讥笑别人了。 - 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。 - That's why most neurologists can only diagnose "possible" or "probable" Alzheimer's.
这也就说明了为什么大多数神经学家只能对AD给予一种可能性的诊断。 - 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。 - It seemed to me probable that we should have uplifted and converted the defeatists round the table.
在我看来，也许当时我们本该在桌面上鼓起失败主义者的勇气，促使他们转变态度。 - I fear that a land war now looks very probable
恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。 - It's possible but not probable.
是可能不是很有可能。 - An Inductive argument is such that the truth of their premises makes the conclusion more or less probable.
一个归纳的论点中前提的真理，使结论或多或少有可能。 - 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。