新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

possibleIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈpɒsɪbəl]

[ADJ, NOUN]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. （做某事）可能的
If it is possible to do something, it can be done.
反义词
impossible , unlikely , inconceivable
双语例句
例：
If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we will.
如果有可能找到你哥哥的下落，我们会找的。
例：
Everything is possible if we want it enough.
当我们非常渴望实现什么时，任何事情都是有可能的。
例：
anaesthetics which have made modern surgery possible.
使现代外科成为可能的麻醉术。
2. 可能（发生）的
A possible event is one that might happen.
双语例句
例：
He referred the matter to the attorney general for possible action against several newspapers.
他将此事交给首席检察官处理，以求可能诉讼几家报社。
例：
One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action.
如果其他方案都不行，一个可能的解决办法就是提起诉讼。
3. 可能（真实）的
If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be.
近义词
conceivable
双语例句
例：
It is possible that there's an explanation for all this.
这一切可能会有个解释。
4. 尽可能（早或多）的
If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can.
双语例句
例：
Please make your decision as soon as possible.
请尽快作出决定。
例：
Mrs Pollard decided to learn as much as possible about the country before going there.
波拉德夫人决定尽可能详细地了解那个国家后再去那儿。
5. 和形容词最高级连用，表示“最…不过”
You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind.
双语例句
例：
They have joined the job market at the worst possible time.
他们在最不景气的时候进入了职场。
例：
We expressed in the clearest possible way our disappointment, hurt, and anger.
我们非常清楚地表达了我们的失望、伤痛和愤怒。
6. 可能（当选）的
If you describe someone as, for example, a possible governor, you mean that they could be elected as governor.
近义词
potential
双语例句
例：
Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr Lawrence.
官方消息人士在公开地推测接任劳伦斯博士的可能人选。

NOUN. 名词

possibles
1. [C 可数名词] 可能的人
A possible is someone who could be elected or chosen for a particular job or role.
双语例句
例：
Kennedy, who divorced wife Joan in 1982, was tipped as a presidential possible.
1982年和妻子琼离婚的肯尼迪被认为最有可能当选总统。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 可能的事
The possible is everything that can be done in a situation.
双语例句
例：
He is a Democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
他是一个手腕高超、颇有胆识、足智多谋的民主党人，能够变不可能为可能。