Possibility
[,pɒsɪ'bɪlɪtɪ] or [,pɑsə'bɪləti]
解释:
(noun.) a possible alternative; 'bankruptcy is always a possibility'.
(noun.) a future prospect or potential; 'this room has great possibilities'.
(noun.) capability of existing or happening or being true; 'there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired'.
录入:露西--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
(n.) That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
手打:利蒂希娅
同义词及近义词:
n. Potentiality.
贝琪校对
例句:
- Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- They had no sense of the other possibility, the gulf of the republican extremists, that yawned at their feet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- How voud it be in possibility to flock such fine fellow as dat? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The apprehension was for the possibility of evil he imagined. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- As I hoped in the end to besiege Vicksburg I must first destroy all possibility of aid. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He did not care if in breaking Germany Europe was broken; his mind did not go far enough beyond the Rhine to understand that possibility. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He had hinted, beyond the possibility of mistaking him, that he suspected her of being the thief. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- If I had but most distantly imagined such a possibility---- Mrs. Yorke would still have beaten you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I am your old lawyer and your old friend, and I may remind you, I am sure, without offence, of the possibility of your marrying Sir Percival Glyde. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I can't wait to-day, said Will, inwardly seared by the possibility that Mr. Casaubon would enter. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I stand in no kind of peril, and I can by possibility be hurt at no one's hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- On my way to the village I prepared myself for the possibility of meeting Sir Percival. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Experience, with young people, easily illustrates the possibility and value of diffusion. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- This, in turn, has opened up possibilities of much higher speed and greater efficiency in the machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- If he tells you that socialism is against human nature, we have a perfect right to ask where he proved the possibilities of human nature. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The latter represents the possibilities of the former; not its existing state. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- After the fall of Carthage the Roman imagination went wild with the hitherto unknown possibilities of finance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- After much discussion they appointed a committee to call on Sir Humphrey Davy and ask him to investigate the possibilities for them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- With improvements in safety there seems no limit to the possibilities of flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Because the way you have just been supposing there for a minute is how the possibilities of that attack look to those who have ordered it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- There was still a residue of personal property as well as the land, but the whole was left to one person, and that person was--O possibilities! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- At the same time the British government awakened to the great possibilities of Fulton’s device. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- It threw open the gates to the whole landscape of possibilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The community of will is limited in size by the limitations set upon the possibilities of a community of knowledge. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The more the educator knows of music the more he can perceive the possibilities of the inchoate musical impulses of a child. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
编辑:威拉