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probable

/prob-uh-buhl/US // ˈprɒb ə bəl //UK // (ˈprɒbəbəl) //

可能的,可能是,可能性,可能

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
    • : having more evidence for than against, or evidence that inclines the mind to belief but leaves some room for doubt.
    • : affording ground for belief.

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Examples

  • Ultimately, the three factors discussed here suggest that fears of widespread violence by vigilantes and activists during and after Election Day should be treated as fears, not as a probable outcome.

  • The charges were filed Thursday in the 36th District Court in Detroit, where a judge found probable cause to support them, according to the Associated Press.

  • The more probable outcome is that business will have to adapt to a disorienting new rule book in Washington and in government at all levels nationwide.

  • Life events and random circumstances tug kids in different directions, making various outcomes more or less probable but never dictating outcomes, the authors emphasize.

  • This information allows consumers to contact manufacturers directly to inquire about the source of product ingredients and notify the company of any known or probable reactions to the ingredients.

  • He was not selling “loosies” that day, no cigarettes were found on his person, and thus there was no probable cause in play.

  • The goal should be to determine probable cause for change in how we police ourselves everywhere.

  • More probable are smaller attacks like the Boston marathon bombing.

  • But “reasonable suspicion” is not the same thing as probable cause.

  • But interest does not translate into probable cause without evidence.

  • It is probable that Mlle. Mayer came under the influence of Prud'hon as early as 1802, possibly before that time.

  • Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.

  • It is probable he wished to provide written proof of a plea that he was an unwilling agent in the clutch of a mutinous army.

  • It is therefore probable that some of Trevithick's engines reached Jamaica.

  • This is very probable, and may account also for the elevated model which was adopted both by Andrew and some others of the Amati.