probability
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR The probability of something happening is how likely it is to happen, sometimes expressed as a fraction or a percentage. 概率
Without a transfusion, the victim's probability of dying was 100%. 不輸血的話，該患者的死亡概率是100%。
The probabilities of crime or victimization are higher with some situations than with others. 犯罪或?qū)嵤﹤Φ母怕试谟行┣闆r下比其他情況下要大一些。
2. N-VAR You say that there is a probability that something will happen when it is likely to happen. 可能性[含糊]
If you've owned property for several years, the probability is that values have increased. 如果你已擁有財產(chǎn)幾年了，很可能價值已經(jīng)增漲了。
Formal talks are still said to be a possibility, not a probability. 正式談判據(jù)說仍有可能，但不是很可能。
3. PHRASE If you say that something will happen in all probability, you mean that you think it is very likely to happen. 很可能[含糊]
The Republicans had better get used to the fact that in all probability, they are going to lose. 共和黨人最好習(xí)慣他們很可能會失敗的事實。
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probability /?pr?b??b?l?t?/ (probabilities)
劍橋詞典
- the level of possibility of something happening or being true
- What's the probability of that happening ?
- There's a strong probability that we'll have moved by then.
- There's a distinct probability that Philip will be there.
- There's a high probability that she'll get the job .
- Against all probability we found ourselves in the same hotel . 返回 probability
可能性
What is the probability of winning? 獲勝的可能性有多大？
The probability of getting all the answers correct is about one in ten. 答案全部正確的可能性大約是1／10。
There's a high/strong probability (that) (= it is very likely that) she'll be here. 她很可能會來。
Until yesterday , the project was just a possibility , but now it has become a real probability (= it is likely to happen ). 到昨天為止這項計劃還只是可能，但現(xiàn)在看來真的會發(fā)生。
同義詞
likelihood
?in all probability
used to mean that something is very likely
很有可能，十之八九
She will, in all probability, have left before we arrive . 她十有八九會在我們到達之前就已經(jīng)離開了。
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