英:[ɪmˈprɒbəbl]
美:[ɪmˈprɑbəbl]
英:[ɪmˈprɒbəbl]
美:[ɪmˈprɑbəbl]
im·prob·a·ble
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improbably (adv.), improbableness (n.)
词根:improbably
adv.improbably 不象真实地;未必会地
n.improbability 未必有之事;不大可能的事物
Adjective
1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"
"an improbable event"
2. having a probability to low to inspire belief
3. too improbable to admit of belief;
"a tall story"
illegal非法的
improbable不大可能发生的
illogical不符合逻辑的
improper不适当的
以上来源于网络
1590年代,源自于 in-(1)“不,相反”的合成形式和 probable,或者源自于拉丁语 improbabilis。相关词汇: Improbably。
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin improbabilis, from in- + probabilis probable
The first known use of improbable was in 1598
improveverb
to make or become better when economic conditions improve
genetics helps us improve plants
to increase the value of (land or property) by making improvements
to make good use of
improved their time by studying German
to make useful additions or changes
improveverb
to make or become better when economic conditions improve
genetics helps us improve plants
to increase the value of (land or property) by making improvements
to make good use of
improved their time by studying German
to make useful additions or changes
improprietynoun
the quality or state of being improper
an improper act or remark
improperadjective
not proper, right, or suitable
improperadjective
not proper, right, or suitable
impromptuadjective
not prepared ahead of time : extemporaneous
an impromptu speech
improbableadjective
not probable : unlikely to be true or to occur
improbableadjective
not probable : unlikely to be true or to occur
1 I find it improbable, and ominous: first the retrospective, then the morgue.
2 If so, that would be one of the business world's more improbable turnarounds.
果真如此的话,这将是商业世界里最不可能的东山再起之一。
3 This means they can lift improbable objects into the sky, such as dangling radar equipment.
这就意味着它们可以把原本不可能的物体带上天空,比如悬空雷达设备。
4 She looked at the improbable scales on the dolphins and on the Triton’s thighs, and then toward the house.
5 As improbable as this sounds, it really works.
听起来有点不可思议,但这是真的。
6 A book is improbable.
书是神秘的.
7 Cutie gazed upon his long, supple fingers in an oddly human attitude of mystification, “It strikes me that there should be a more satisfactory explanation than that. For you to make me seems improbable.”
8 Two more improbable characters entered the HP story.
两个更加意想不到的角色写进了惠普的故事。
9 There is nothing inherently improbable in the idea.
这个想法本身没什么不可能的.
10 statistical improbability
统计学上来说不太可能的事
11 He hoped the birds had already sensed that something awful was about to happen and had flown away, though it seemed improbable.
12 This seems improbable because no scientist on Earth knows how a planet might blow itself up, which is probably just as well.
13 The journey that led me here is improbable.
引领我来此地的那段历程在别人看来几乎是不可能实现的。
14 The " Guinness Book of World Records " taught me to believe in the accessibility of the improbable.
《吉尼斯世界纪录 》 使我相信所谓的 “ 不可能”是可以实现的.
15 It had already had a very full, very improbable, very strange existence.
16 Pictures began to appear—mostly calendars showing improbable luscious blondes holding bottles of Coca-Cola.
17 Such views enjoyed an improbable durability and could be found repeated or echoed in European texts till near the end of the nineteenth century.
18 I saw a little girl who wore a white flower, but dismissed her as improbable.
19 An improbable Hungarian-Israeli American is an unsung force in the country's industrial boom.
——一位匈牙利—以色列血统美国人奇迹般地在背后推动着中国的产业繁荣。
20 Most important, in a day of improbable miracles, Ralph was able to connect the suctioning device to the ambulance’s cigarette lighter and make John comfortable.
2 不大可能发生的
5 出乎意料
ironic unnatural paradoxical suddenly ironically uncommonly exceed expectations beyond your dreams all of a sudden out of the blue
7 未必有的
9 未必会的
11 未必会发生的
13 不大可能是真实的