possibility

英 [ˌpɒsə'bɪləti] 美 [ˌpɑːsə'bɪləti]

• n. 可能；可能性；可能的事情；潜在的价值

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

详尽释义

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）

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"
   

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 can't 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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Is there any possibility that you'll be back by the weekend?
   周末以前你有可能回来吗?
2. There is one possibility of changing jobs.
   换工作是有可能的事。
3. Jane is a possibility as a wife for Richard.
   简可能成为理查德的妻子。
4. The plan has great possibilities.
   这计划很可能成功。

经典引文

• Science and Revelation come into..collision on the possibility of miracles.

  出自： F. Temple

• We often discuss the possibility of his buying a new jacket.

  出自： J. Diski

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avoid〔prove, remove〕 the possibility of 避免〔证明,消除〕…的可能
• exclude〔raise〕 possibility 排除〔产生〕可能性
• prevent the possibility of 防止…的可能
• see a possibility of 认识到…的可能

形容词+～

• bare〔remote〕 possibility 微弱〔极小〕的可能
• fresh possibility 新的可能性
• good〔strong〕 possibility 极〔很〕有可能

名词+～

• trade possibility 贸易的可能性

介词+～

• beyond the -ties of one human life 一个人一生不可能做的
• by any possibility 倘有可能
• out of〔within〕 the bounds of possibility 在可能的范围外〔内〕

～+介词

• -ties for women's work 妇女工作的可能性
• possibility of snow 可能下雪
• possibility of success 成功的可能

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. 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。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的possibilite；最初源自拉丁语的possibilitatem，意为可能性。

近反义词

【近义词】

• chance 可能性
• prospect 希望
• likelihood 可能性
• risk 危险
• probability 可能性
• odds 机率
• potentiality 潜力
• practicability 可行性
• plausibility 似有道理
• feasibility 可行性
• hazard 危险
• eventuality 不测的事
• contingent 代表团
• expectation 预料
• good chance 大概
• good prospect [经] 有希望
• good 好的
• favourable 赞成的
• odds-on 胜算
• theory 学说
• opening 开口
• hypothesis 假说

【反义词】

• impossibility 不可能之事