possibility

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/    美 /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/|[ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being possible. countable,uncountable
    — 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'
  2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being. countable,uncountable
    — Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
  3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events. countable,uncountable
    — Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange.
  4. Capability, power or capacity to act. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.

词形变化

possibilities plural

词汇关系

近义词
chance contingency contingent eventuality possibility potentiality
反义词
impossibility sure thing
下位词
accident occurrence
衍生词
logical possibility nonpossibility possibility of reverter possibility theory production possibility curve unpossibility
相关词
impossibility possible potence potency potent potentate potential potentiality power probability

词源

From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
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