Probability
[prɒbə'bɪlɪtɪ] or ['prɑbə'bɪləti]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; 'for a while mutiny seemed a probability'; 'going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost'.
(noun.) a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; 'the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5'.
整理:米切尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
(n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
(n.) Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5.
埃文编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance.
手打:默文
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Likelihood, presumption, verisimilitude, chance, appearance
ANT:Unliklihood, improbability, impossibility, inconceivableness
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例句:
- Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- When you left Miss Verinder's sitting-room, with the jewel in your hand, you went back in all probability to your own room---- Yes? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Frosts will soon set in, and in all probability with severity. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- They were in all probability made by human communities quite out of touch with the Aryans, separately and independently. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Its probability and its eligibility have really so equalled each other! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The more remote and cruel this vague suspicion that I have, the stronger the circumstances that could give it any semblance of probability to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Felix was too delicate to accept this offer; yet he looked forward to the probability of that event as to the consummation of his happiness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- In his inmost heart he was not sorry to put himself beyond the probability of meeting Miss Bart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I felt stunned, more by the sudden shock of such an idea being presented to my imagination as possible, than from conviction of its probability. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I could not chance causing her additional pain or sorrow by declaring a love which, in all probability she did not return. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- But in this situation, the superior vigilance and attention of a private adventurer would, in all probability, soon make them weary of the trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I shall, in all probability, be back in a few hours, I said, and you will take care, as usual, to let no one inside the doors in my absence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The red one in all probability cannot swim, I said, since there is scarce enough water in all their domains to float the tiniest craft. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- My whole future depended, in all probability, on my not losing possession of myself at that moment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I see no probability in it, unless you have any better foundation than what you mention. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Who can measure probabilities against certainties? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- She has so rarely seen the thing done that the probabilities are strong the other way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Judged by mere worldly considerations and probabilities, his story is a very doubtful one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- And what are the probabilities as to the result of the contest? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Lydgate could now construct all the probabilities of the case. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He recapitulated the statements which Becky had made, pointed out the probabilities of their truth, and asserted his own firm belief in her innocence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- My second reflection is founded on those large probabilities, which the mind can judge of, and the minute differences it can observe betwixt them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The probabilities are that our loss in killed was the heavier, as we were the attacking party. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I was in no position to try the probabilities on one side or on the other in this instance by any better test than the test of personal resemblance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- All three are in the region of dramatic system-making and myth, to which probabilities are irrelevant. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Margaret was surprised to find an acceptance contemplated, after all she had learnt of sad probabilities during the day. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- From the stone age onward the probabilities are that man has always had some kind of bowling game. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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