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Probable Lush Lax Latin English Prove French 6867.Probable

正面 6867.probable
英 ['prɒbəb(ə)l]美 ['prɑbəbl]

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释义:
adj. 很可能的;可信的n. 很可能的事;大有希望的候选者
例句:
1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.社会党人团结在他们很有希望当选的总统候选人米歇尔·罗卡尔周围。

1. lush 与 lax 同源,可以说 lush 就是由 lax "loose" 变体衍生而来。2. 由“蓬松”引申为“苍翠的,茂盛的”,又进而引申为“丰富的,豪华的,繁荣的”等含义。3. 该词的“酒鬼”含义应该是由 lush 的“多汁的;味美的”含义引申而来。在俚语中由最初的“美酒、烈酒”引申为“酒鬼”。4. short for lushious or luxury.5. 谐音“拉稀”------酒喝多了就会“拉稀”。
probable 可能的来自拉丁语probare,检验,证实,词源同prove,probe.引申词义可检验的,可能的。
probableprobable: [14] Latin probāre meant ‘test, approve, prove’ (it is the source of English probate [15], probation [15], probe [16], and prove). From it was derived the adjective probābilis ‘provable’, hence ‘likely’. It passed into English via Old French probable.=> probate, probation, probe, prove, reprobateprobable (adj.)late 14c., from Old French probable "provable, demonstrable" (14c.), from Latin probabilis "worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; provable, that may be assumed to be believed, credible," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1670s."

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