单词
probable
英 ['pr?b?b(?)l]
美['prɑb?bl]
基本信息
- adj. 很可能的；可信的
- n. 很可能的事；大有希望的候选者
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词态变化
复数:?probables;
中文词源
probable 可能的
来自拉丁语probare,检验，证实，词源同prove,probe.引申词义可检验的，可能的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I fear that a land war now looks very probable.
- 恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。
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- 3. The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.
- 会谈的结果很可能是妥协.
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- 4. It is probable to finish the job before dark.
- 天黑之前有可能完成这项工作.
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- 5. It is hardly probable that he will succeed.
- 他不会成功.
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