possible

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(1)He is possible to defeat.之类的结构不可以用;不过, possible可直接放在名词后面,其后再接以该名词为意义上之受词的不定词:

an outcome not possible to foresee

(=which it was not possible to foresee)

(不可能预见的结果)

(2)常与最高级或all, every等同用,以强调其意义:

the greatest possible speed

(最高速)

with the least possible delay

(尽快)

They are doing everything possible to protect you.

(他们正在尽一切可能来保护你。)

字辨

possible: 指由于适当的条件与方法,某事可能存在、发生或实现

a possible result of the war

practicable: 指在目前的状况下,或以现在可利用的方法或手段来说,是可能实行的

a practicable enterprise

feasible: 指可能成功地付诸实施的

a feasible plan

字辨

probable: 指就证据或道理而言,被认为理所当然,或可能性很大,但不能完全确定或证明

possible: 比probable的意义弱,指某事物有存在、发生或实现的可能性

likely: 比possible的可能性或真实性要大,但比probable的确实度要低

There are several possible murderers in the case; the first three are all likely, but the second seems the most probable one.

词路径

• entity
• abstraction
• abstract entity
• psychological feature
• cognition
• knowledge
• noesis
• process
• cognitive process
• mental process
• operation
• cognitive operation
• higher cognitive process
• decision making
• deciding
• option
• alternative
• choice
• possibility
• possible action
• opening
• possible

上位词

• applicant
• applier
• opening
• possibility
• possible action