possible

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

• 英式音標(biāo) [?p?s.?.b?l]
• 美式音標(biāo) [?pɑ?.s?.b?l]
• 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['p?s?bl]
• 英式發(fā)音
• 美式發(fā)音

基本解釋

• adj. 可能的；合理的；合適的
• n. 可能性；合適的人；可能的事物

詞源解說(shuō)

• 1300年左右進(jìn)入英語(yǔ)，直接源自拉丁語(yǔ)的possibilis，意為可以完成的；最初源自該語(yǔ)的posse，意為可以，能夠。

同根派生

• adv性質(zhì)的同根詞

  possibly：可能地；也許；大概。

• n性質(zhì)的同根詞

  possibility：可能性；可能發(fā)生的事物。

• possible相關(guān)詞

用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• possible的基本意思是“可能的”“潛在的”,指某事可能做、可能存在或可能發(fā)生,也可指某事可能是真實(shí)的、正確的,引申可表示“可接受的”“合適的”。
• possible還可作“也許的”解,指某事物或大或小、或有或無(wú)的、或發(fā)生或未發(fā)生的可能性,作此解時(shí),只用作表語(yǔ)。
• possible在句中用作定語(yǔ)時(shí),可前置,也可后置。修飾anything, something, everything, all, every, the only或最高級(jí)形容詞時(shí)常后置。
• possible可用作先行主語(yǔ)it的表語(yǔ),后面跟動(dòng)詞不定式或that從句作真實(shí)主語(yǔ)。
• possible是絕對(duì)形容詞,沒(méi)有比較級(jí)和最高級(jí),也不受very修飾。

• possible使用方法
• possible詳細(xì)辨析

英漢例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ): ～+ n.

• He will get the greatest possible assistance.
  他將獲得盡可能大的幫助。

n. +～

• We have tried all the ways possible.
  一切可能的方法都試過(guò)了。

用作表語(yǔ): S+be+～

• Is such a thing possible?
  這種事可能嗎?

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• It is possible of attainment.
  這事可能達(dá)到。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It's late; it is still possible to get tickets nevertheless.
  雖然晚了,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.
  要他在三小時(shí)內(nèi)完成這項(xiàng)工作是可能的。

It is/was+～+that-clause

• It is possible that they will come today.
  他們有可能今天來(lái)。

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詞組短語(yǔ)

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• all the possible ways 所有可能的辦法
• every possible way 每一個(gè)可能的辦法

副詞+～

• hardly possible 幾乎不可能
• scarcely possible 幾乎不可能
• conceivably possible 想來(lái)是可能的
• easily possible 完全可能的

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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.

• possible劍橋字典
• possible柯林斯字典

專業(yè)釋義

計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)技術(shù)

• 可能的

  Some improvements were brought by analyzing the possible causes of error.
  通過(guò)分析可能的誤差原因,提出了實(shí)驗(yàn)的改進(jìn)措施。

  哲學(xué)

• 可能

  Perhaps,this is the significance of Confucianism and Moism,also makes it possible collusion in spirit.
  這或許正是儒墨思想的意義所在,也使得二學(xué)在精神上合流成為可能。

  數(shù)學(xué)

• 可能

  The development of the Database technology and Internet make it possible to collect and store massive quantities of data.
  數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)技術(shù)和Internet的發(fā)展使得收集和存儲(chǔ)海量數(shù)據(jù)成為可能。