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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈpɒs.ə.bəl]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpɑː.sə.bəl]
  • 国际音标 ['pɔsəbl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 可能的；合理的；合适的
  • n. 可能性；合适的人；可能的事物

词源解说

  • 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的possibilis，意为可以完成的；最初源自该语的posse，意为可以，能够。

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    possibly：可能地；也许；大概。
  • n性质的同根词
    possibility：可能性；可能发生的事物。

用法辨析

    adj. (形容词)

  • possible的基本意思是“可能的”“潜在的”,指某事可能做、可能存在或可能发生,也可指某事可能是真实的、正确的,引申可表示“可接受的”“合适的”。
  • possible还可作“也许的”解,指某事物或大或小、或有或无的、或发生或未发生的可能性,作此解时,只用作表语。
  • possible在句中用作定语时,可前置,也可后置。修饰anything, something, everything, all, every, the only或最高级形容词时常后置。
  • possible可用作先行主语it的表语,后面跟动词不定式或that从句作真实主语。
  • possible是绝对形容词,没有比较级和最高级,也不受very修饰。

英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • He will get the greatest possible assistance.
    他将获得尽可能大的帮助。

    • n. +～

  • We have tried all the ways possible.
    一切可能的方法都试过了。

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • Is such a thing possible?
    这种事可能吗?

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • It is possible of attainment.
    这事可能达到。

    • It is/was+～+to- v

  • It's late; it is still possible to get tickets nevertheless.
    虽然晚了,但仍然有可能弄到票。

    • It is/was+～+for sb+to- v

  • It is possible for him to finish the work within three hours.
    要他在三小时内完成这项工作是可能的。

    • It is/was+～+that-clause

  • It is possible that they will come today.
    他们有可能今天来。

词组短语

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    ～+名词

  • all the possible ways 所有可能的办法
  • every possible way 每一个可能的办法

    • 副词+～

  • hardly possible 几乎不可能
  • scarcely possible 几乎不可能
  • conceivably possible 想来是可能的
  • easily possible 完全可能的

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (CAN ACHIEVE) able to be done or achieved, or able to exist
  • (NOT CERTAIN) that might or might not happen

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If it is possible to do something, it can be done.
  • A possible event is one that might happen.
  • If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be.
  • If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can.
  • You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind.
  • If you describe someone as, for example, a possible governor, you mean that they could be elected as governor.
  • Possible is also a noun.
  • The possible is everything that can be done in a situation.

专业释义

    计算机科学技术

  • 可能的

    Some improvements were brought by analyzing the possible causes of error.
    通过分析可能的误差原因,提出了实验的改进措施。

    哲学

  • 可能

    Perhaps,this is the significance of Confucianism and Moism,also makes it possible collusion in spirit.
    这或许正是儒墨思想的意义所在,也使得二学在精神上合流成为可能。

    数学

  • 可能

    The development of the Database technology and Internet make it possible to collect and store massive quantities of data.
    数据库技术和Internet的发展使得收集和存储海量数据成为可能。