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possibilities

/pos-uh-bil-i-tee/US // ˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) //

可能性,可能,可能的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pos·si·bil·i·ties for 2.

    • : the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
    • : something possible: He had exhausted every possibility but one.

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Examples

  • Mr. Bachner stayed because he realized the city is filled with artisans and the possibilities fascinated him.

  • Texas offers not just place to its actual or potential new residents, but professional possibilities.

  • Parker left the place that he knew for the possibilities that he would not have had in the Texas of a generation ago.

  • The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?

  • Yet the entire ordeal opened up so many new possibilities, both for Dr. Grenci and those who followed her case.

  • The possibilities of certain branches of teaching have been altogether revolutionized by the cinematograph.

  • I admitted every one of these possibilities but said, every time, that taken together, they destroyed one another.

  • Though Caroline only brought with her a dot of forty thousand francs, she stood for what was better still, immense possibilities.

  • No one could appreciate better than ourselves the unpleasant possibilities that stared us in the face.

  • The latter are of particular interest, as their possibilities are in process of development.