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
詞態變化
復數:?probables;
中文詞源
probable 可能的
來自拉丁語probare,檢驗，證實，詞源同prove,probe.引申詞義可檢驗的，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.
雙語例句
- 1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.
- 社會黨人團結在他們很有希望當選的總統候選人米歇爾·羅卡爾周圍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I fear that a land war now looks very probable.
- 恐怕陸地戰爆發的可能性很大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.
- 會談的結果很可能是妥協.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It is probable to finish the job before dark.
- 天黑之前有可能完成這項工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It is hardly probable that he will succeed.
- 他不會成功.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》