| 词汇 | possibly |
| 释义 | possibly adverb uk /ˈpɒs.ə.bli/ us /ˈpɑː.sə.bli/ possiblyadverb (NOT CERTAIN)A2 used when something is not certain: 可能地 He may possibly decide not to come, in which case there's no problem.他可能会决定不来，这样就没问题了。 used to say you are not certain maybe"Do you want to go to the show tonight?" "Maybe. Let's see how I feel after work." perhapsPerhaps he'll decide to join us tonight. possiblyThere are four, possibly five people who have been injured in the explosion. potentiallyThese potentially unsafe chemicals are present in our groundwater. conceivablyIt would be hard, but a burglar could conceivably shut down your electronic alarm system by hacking into it. plausiblyShe argued, rather plausibly, that her neighbour was the one who took the tools from her allotment. used to agree or disagree when some doubt is involved: （用于表示稍有疑虑）可能吧，也许吧 "Do you think this skirt might be too small for her?" "(Very) possibly - she has put on a some weight."“你觉得这条裙子对她来说是不是太小了？”“（很）可能——她有点发福了。” "Will he come?" "Possibly not."“他会来吗？”“恐怕不会。” I might possibly get the job finished by tomorrow evening, if I have no more interruptions. I'd guess that she's in her forties - 45 possibly? "Are you going to be at church on Sunday morning?" "Possibly - it depends how late we get back on Saturday." There were possibly a hundred people at the meeting - certainly 80. I can't understand why he's so bad tempered this week - possibly something at school is upsetting him. Uncertainty amorphous be neither fish nor fowlidiom blurringly blurry circumstantial indeterminacy indeterminate indeterminately insecurely insecurity murky shakiness shallowly slippery spec squishy wavery wifty wishy-washy you never knowidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Possible and probable possiblyadverb (WITH CAN/COULD)B2 used with "can" or "could" for emphasis: （与 can 或 could 连用表示强调）无论如何，究竟，尽量 He can't possibly have drunk all that on his own!他一个人决不可能喝了那么多酒！ We did all that we possibly could to persuade her to come.我们尽了最大努力劝她来。 B1 used in polite requests: （用于礼貌的请求） Could I possibly ask you to move your chair a little?劳驾，请你把椅子挪一挪好吗？ used when politely refusing offers: （用于礼貌的拒绝或提议）真的，实在 "Have another chocolate." "No, really, I couldn't possibly."“再吃一块巧克力吧。”“不了，真的，我实在吃不下了。” Possible and probable add credence to something always anything's possibleidiom arguably as never beforeidiom bet fair happen houseroom I shouldn't wonderidiom in with a chance it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom manage probabilistically probability probable probably prospective tend tip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Polite expressions possibly | American Dictionarypossibly adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈpɑs·ə·bli/ possiblyadverb[not gradable]so as to do or achieve something: He can’t possibly mean what he says. possiblyadverb[not gradable]with a likelihood that might or might not be true; perhaps: "Do you think this skirt might be too small for her?" "Possibly, she has put on weight." Examples of possiblypossibly The need for flexibility will be particularly important as economic conditions change, and possibly economic paradigms. Possibly, the use of subject-based ratings leads to lower response rates than the use of investigator's ratings. We also assume that the oncomiracidia may possibly migrate to the gills from the body surface. A total of 4- 6 fragment differences were considered as possibly related, and 7 or more differences were considered not related. Explanations are not considered critical in tactical mission domain, other than possibly for after-action review of a trainee's performance. A special subgroup, possibly the most important for the study of science and philosophy, are the tri-partite encyclopedias. First, metacognition is considered one of humans' most sophisticated cognitive capacities and possibly a uniquely human cognitive capacity. What if they proved to be among those nonhuman animals (possibly including the great apes, elephants, and other species) of which this could be said? However, this is possibly the most questionable point in their paper. How could anything so infuriatingly nebulous possibly elucidate egoism or altruism? In fact, research on cortical connectivity finds development to be discontinuous, and possibly stagelike, based on experience-dependent and experience-independent factors. An event that could possibly impact this design proper ty occurred in the cluster. After that period, new parasitoids would emerge and possibly reduce further the spread of the virus. However, they have not found favour with many workers, possibly due to complexity and expense. In unilinguals, conceptual features may be transferred from a frequently used word to its rare quasi-synonym, possibly from a different sociolinguistic register. See all examples of possibly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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