[ˌpɒsə'bɪləti][ˌpɑːsə'bɪləti]
  • n. 可能;可能性;可能的事情;潜在的价值
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    词根-poss-能,能够+-ibility名词词尾来自possible,可能的。
    解释:为何poss是能够的意思?因为poss=pass=通过。你通过,你成功一件事情了,说明你具有这种能力,你能够达成一件事情,从而引申能、能够。
    末尾的ibility是名词后缀,表示能够和可能的一种名词概念。
      noun(名词)
      1. [ C or U ] 可能(性)
      2. [ C ] 可选择的方法;可能的情况

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C or U ] 可能(性)

      It's not likely to happen but I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

      这件事不太可能发生,但我不会排除有这种可能性。

      The forecast said that there's a possibility of snow tonight.

      天气预报说今晚可能会下雪。

      There's a distinct possibility (that) I'll be asked to give a speech.

      我很有可能被邀请去作演讲。

      Is there any possibility (that) you could pick me up from the station?

      你有可能去车站接我吗?

    2. [ C ] 可选择的方法;可能的情况

      We could take on extra staff – that's one possibility.

      我们可以再招一些人——这是一种选择。

      “Have you decided what to do?” “No, I'm still considering the various possibilities.”

      “你决定怎么做了吗?”“没有,我还在考虑各种可能的情况。”

    小知识

    If something could realistically happen, it's a possibility. So winning the lottery is a slight possibility, but becoming king of the world is not even a remote possibility.

    In one sense, a possibility is an option: “One possibility is that the UFO is just a shooting star.” It can also mean more of a potential: “This house might look like an abandoned shack, but it's got so much possibility!” All meanings of possibility share the sense that something is able to happen, or is possible. The Latin root is possibilis, “that can be done.”

    实用短语

    1. possibility and impossibility

      可能和不可能,可能与不可能,能够和不能够,不可能

    2. rule out the possibility

      排除这可能性,排除可能性,排除此可能性

    3. in the possibility

      尽一切的可能

    4. consumption possibility frontier

      消费可能性前沿,

    5. grand utility possibility curve

      总效用可能曲线,总作用有可能曲线

    6. consumption possibility curve

      消费可能曲线

    7. utility possibility frontier

      效用可能性前沿,效用可能性边界

    8. possibility theory

    9. possibility thinking

      一切皆有可能,可能思想,可能性思维

    常用短语

    1. production possibility

      生产可能性

    2. by any possibility

      万一;可能

    单词用法

    单词用法
    n.(名词)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。
    重要短语
    production possibility生产可能性
    by any possibility万一;可能
    近义词汇
    probability n.可能性

    词根词缀

    词根: poss

    表示”可以,能够,有能力”

    • adj.

      possible 可能的, 可能存在或发生的

      poss可以,能够,有能力+ible表形容词→adj.可能的, 可能存在或发生的

    • adv.

      possibly 可能地, 或者

      possible[adj.可能的, 可能存在或发生的]+ly表副词→possibly可能地

    • n.

      possibility 可能性, 可能发生的事物

      poss可以,能够,有能力+ibility具备……性质的→可能性

    同义词

    n.可能性,实用性;风险;机遇

    plausibility  /  potentiality  /  chance  /  odds  /  good  /  prospect  /  favourable  /  eventuality  /  practicability  /  risk  /  likelihood  /  hazard  /  feasibility  /  probability  /  odds-on

    其他释义

    contingent  /  expectation

    反义词

    n.可能性;可能的事

    impossibility

    其他释义

    impossibility

    同根词

    词根:possible

    adj.

    possible可能的;合理的;合适的

    adv.

    possibly可能地;也许;大概

    n.

    possible可能性;合适的人;可能的事物