单词详解

  n.

A. [C；U] 可能；可能性　(the fact that something might exist or happen, but is not certain to)

Is there any possibility that you’ll be back by the weekend?

周末以前你有可能回来吗?

You left out a possibility.你忽略了一个可能性。

Recrudescent possibility is very large.复发的可能性很大。

My plan encompasses every possibility.我的计划包含了各种可能。

B. [C] 可能的事（event that may happen, probable）

There is one possibility of changing jobs.换工作是有可能的事。

Bankruptcy is always a possibility.破产总是可能的。

C.可以利用和改善的余地，潜力（capability of being used or improved; potential）

The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities.

这房子已破旧不堪，但还可有利用的价值。

D.可选择的方法，机会；契机(something that gives you a chance to achieve sth.)

There is a possibility that we can change our idea.我们还有改变主意的机会。 

相关词组

There is a/no possibility that ... 有/没可能……

There is a possibility that we will travel to Hawaii this summer.

今年夏天我们有可能去夏威夷旅游。

There’s no possibility that any of us will ever forget. 我们绝不可能忘记。

相关单词

复数：possibilities

反义词：impossibility