possibility

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英[ˌpɒsəˈbɪləti]
美[ˌpɑːsəˈbɪləti]

基本释义

n.
可能性; 机会; 潜力

词性变化

实用例句

There is now no possibility that she will make a full recovery.

她现在已不可能完全康复。

牛津词典

He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase.

他拒绝排除增税的可能性。

牛津词典

It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we'll all meet again one day.

我们大家将来有一天再度聚在一起,并非绝不可能。

牛津词典

Bankruptcy is a real possibility if sales don't improve.

如果销售情况得不到改善,真有破产的可能。

牛津词典

What had seemed impossible now seemed a distinct possibility .

过去看似不可能的事,现在显然有可能了。

牛津词典

to explore/consider/investigate a wide range of possibilities

探究 / 考虑 / 调查各种可能的情况

牛津词典

to exhaust all the possibilities

用尽一切可能的手段

牛津词典

Selling the house is just one possibility that is open to us.

卖掉房子只是我们可以选择的其中一种做法。

牛津词典

The possibilities are endless .

可想的办法是无穷的。

牛津词典

The course offers a range of exciting possibilities for developing your skills.

这门课程可提供一整套新鲜活泼的技能训练。

牛津词典

The house is in a bad state of repair but it has possibilities.

这房子虽亟待修缮,但仍有可资利用的价值。

牛津词典

We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth...

我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。

Tax on food has become a very real possibility.

极有可能征收食物税。

The government now owns a lot of our land — one possibility would be to compensate us with other property...

政府现在占了我们的大量土地,一种可能是用其他地产来对我们作出补偿。

There were several possibilities open to each manufacturer.

每个制造商都可以有几种不同的选择。

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the security services do bug important public figures.

安全部门完全有可能窃听重要公众人物的谈话。

Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted.

侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性.

《简明英汉词典》

This Utopian dream is far beyond the range of possibility.

这种乌托邦式的梦想根本不可能实现.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Once you have eliminated the obvious causes of death, you must consider the possibility of foul play.

一旦排除了明显的死因, 你就必须考虑到可能有人采取了卑劣手段.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

We can exclude the possibility of total loss from our calculations.

我们可以在预测中把彻底失败的可能性排除在外.

《简明英汉词典》

This possibility never entered into our calculations.

我们从未考虑到这种可能性.

《简明英汉词典》

This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations.

这种可能性引起了有趣的推测.

《用法词典》

We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.

我们努力排除任何误解的可能性.

《简明英汉词典》

If we could by any possibility manage to do it, we would for sure.

如果我们有办法做那事, 我们一定会做的.

《简明英汉词典》

That's a possibility that can't be ruled out.

那是一个不能不予考虑的可能性.

《简明英汉词典》

It had never occurred to her that a new possibility would crop up abruptly.

她万万没有想到会突然出现一种新的可能性.

《简明英汉词典》

The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.

战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想.

《简明英汉词典》

There is now no possibility that she will make a full recovery.

她现在已不可能完全康复。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

We'll see. It's a possibility.

再说吧,可能会的。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

The late Richard Hackman of Harvard University once argued, I have no question that when you have a team, the possibility exists that it will generate magic, producing something extraordinary… But don't count on it.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The possibility of receiving an award also produces a state of hope—a state that is in itself psychologically rewarding.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In fact, vaguely-stated possibilities of winning a prize were more effective than options with hard odds included.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

How might this knowledge be used to help people eat more healthily?One possibility is a healthy option that offers the chance to win a spa weekend.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But global warming has raised the possibility that domestic produce could be seriously affected by rare weather events more often.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

One possibility is a healthy option that offers the chance to win a spa weekend.

2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, "but it does tell us who's in and who's out of the group."

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

In an email statement from the state's Office of Customer Focused Government, which is examining the possibility of outsourcing, spokeswoman Michelle R.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American woman.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

In 1966, soon after the Beatles had finished work on "Rubber Soul", Paul McCartney looked into the possibility of going to America to record their next album.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Researchers studying teenagers in Israel concluded that, in that hazardous environment, mobile phones were regarded as "security objects" in parent-teen relationships―important because they provided the possibility ofcontact and communication at all times

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

It enables people to look into various possibilities and choose the career they love.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

A 100 need not imply that there is no possibility of improvement, only that a student successfully completed the course work.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Some communities have even discussed the possibility of bringing wolves back into the ecological mix.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

And I've found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

But those who truly understand the economic impact and can work to change the patterns can create a wide range of career possibilities.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

Happy and calm is the man who takes all these possibilities into consideration and arrives at the appointment either early or on time.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It's the part that believes in life and its possibilities.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Others say we can just "switch them off" as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a must.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurist's dream, years away from materializing in the real world.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The possibility that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists to explore the outer space.

2018年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

You can plant a tree, make a meal with locally grown vegetables, or save power — the possibilities are endless.

2019年高考英语北京卷 语法填空 原文

The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Those realistic possibilities are highlighted in the study presented by David Graddol.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

Don't dismiss that possibility entirely.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms' political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter although a working group at the International civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new ope

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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 theory about 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"

同义词

反义词

n.可能性;可能的事

impossibility

其他释义

impossibility

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