词族 · probable
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中文词源
probable 可能的
来自拉丁语probare,检验，证实，词源同prove,probe.引申词义可检验的，可能的。
英语词源
- probable
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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.
权威例句
- 1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.
- 社会党人团结在他们很有希望当选的总统候选人米歇尔·罗卡尔周围。
- 2. I fear that a land war now looks very probable.
- 恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。
- 3. The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.
- 会谈的结果很可能是妥协.
- 4. It is probable to finish the job before dark.
- 天黑之前有可能完成这项工作.
- 5. It is hardly probable that he will succeed.
- 他不会成功.
词语辨析
【possible, probable, likely】
possible: 强调客观上可能性，但常带有“实际可能性很小”的暗示。如：It’s possible, though not probable, that he will accept these terms. (他有可能接受这些条件，但希望很小。)
probable: 很可能的，大概的，语气较possible强。如：It is probable that the cost will be greater than we think.(花费很可能比我们料想的要多。)
likely: 暗示从表面迹象来判断“有可能的”。如：It is likely that he will come.(他多半会来。)
possible: 强调客观上可能性，但常带有“实际可能性很小”的暗示。如：It’s possible, though not probable, that he will accept these terms. (他有可能接受这些条件，但希望很小。)
probable: 很可能的，大概的，语气较possible强。如：It is probable that the cost will be greater than we think.(花费很可能比我们料想的要多。)
likely: 暗示从表面迹象来判断“有可能的”。如：It is likely that he will come.(他多半会来。)