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possibility
英 [,pɒsɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]
美[,pɑsə'bɪləti]
- n. 可能性；可能发生的事物
英英释意
- 1. a future prospect or potential;
- "this room has great possibilities"
- 2. capability of existing or happening or being true;
- "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
- 3. a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;
- "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"
- "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
- 4. a possible alternative;
- "bankruptcy is always a possibility"