probable
英['pr?b?b(?)l]
美['prɑb?bl]
- adj. 很可能的；可信的
- n. 很可能的事；大有希望的候選者
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?probables;
中文詞源
probable 可能的
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)probare,檢驗(yàn)，證實(shí)，詞源同prove,probe.引申詞義可檢驗(yàn)的，可能的。
英文詞源
- probable
- probable: [14] Latin probāre meant ‘test, approve, prove’ (it is the source of English probate [15], probation [15], probe [16], and prove). From it was derived the adjective probābilis ‘provable’, hence ‘likely’. It passed into English via Old French probable.
=> probate, probation, probe, prove, reprobate - probable (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French probable "provable, demonstrable" (14c.), from Latin probabilis "worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; provable, that may be assumed to be believed, credible," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1670s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.
- 社會(huì)黨人團(tuán)結(jié)在他們很有希望當(dāng)選的總統(tǒng)候選人米歇爾·羅卡爾周圍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I fear that a land war now looks very probable.
- 恐怕陸地戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)的可能性很大。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.
- 會(huì)談的結(jié)果很可能是妥協(xié).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. It is probable to finish the job before dark.
- 天黑之前有可能完成這項(xiàng)工作.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. It is hardly probable that he will succeed.
- 他不會(huì)成功.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》