probability

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɹɒb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/    美 /ˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/|[ˌpɹɑbəˈbɪləɾi]|/ˌpɹɔb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/|[ˌpɹɔbəˈbɪləɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being probable. countable,uncountable
    — For, a man may with as great probability derive the Scots pedigree from the Gods, as from Scota that ſuppoſed and counterfeit daughter of the Ægyptian King Pharao, wedded (forſooth) unto Gaithelus, the ſonne of Cecrops founder of Athens. But, as this conceit ariſing from the unskilfulneſſe of Antiquitie, is of the better ſort of ingenuous Scots rejected: […]
  2. An event that is likely to occur. countable,uncountable
    — These waters wash from the rocks such glistering tinctures, that the ground in some places seemeth as guilded, that better iudgements then ours might haue been perswaded, they contained more then probabilities.
  3. The relative likelihood of an event happening. countable,uncountable
    — Hoyle said that the probability of life originating on Earth is no greater than the chance that a hurricane, sweeping through a scrapyard, would have the luck to assemble a Boeing 747.
  4. A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening. countable,uncountable
    — The probability of an event A occurring is denoted P(A).

词形变化

probabilities plural

词汇关系

近义词
likelihood likeliness probableness probality
衍生词
balance of probability conditional probability conditional probability distribution equiprobability experimental probability frequency probability high probability trade improbability in all probability isoprobability joint probability nonprobability posterior probability prior probability probabilistic probability amplitude probability box probability density probability density function probability distribution probability-generating function probability mass function probability measure probability paper probability process probability space probability theory probit propensity probability quasi-probability quasiprobability sequential probability ratio test theoretical probability
相关词
probable credence odds possibility verisimilitude

词源

From Middle French probabilité, from Latin probābilitās (“probability, credibility”), from probābilis (“probable, credible”).
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