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improbable adj.不大可能的；不像会发生的；似不可信的 (1) 她不大可能接受邀请。(2) 这虽然看起来不可能,但却是真的。 The adjective improbable also means statistically unlikely to happen. You might be afraid to fly, but the odds of a plane crash are so low that such an event is improbable. Improbable also means something that is so outrageous that you'd never admit you believed in it. You know the existence of the Loch Ness Monster is improbable, but that doesn't stop you from looking for it when you travel to Scotland.

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英 [ɪm'prɒbəbl] 美 [ɪm'prɑːbəbl] (1) It's improbable that she'll accept the invitation.(2) Improbable as it seems, it's true. Your parents might tell you it's improbable that they'll buy you a car when you turn 16. Since improbable means something is unlikely but not impossible, your optimism allows you to keep hoping. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不大可能的；未必会(发生)的 Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen.   [oft it v-link ADJ that]...a highly improbable coincidence...几率非常小的巧合It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000.看来今年的数字不大可能比去年的 75,000 差太多。improbability...the improbability of such an outcome.这种结果的可能性极小2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奇异的；荒谬的 If you describe something as improbable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous. On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.表面上看，他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。...her improbable accent.她奇怪的口音improbablyThe sea is an improbably pale turquoise...海水呈现不可思议的淡青绿色。His financial situation forced him to go and teach in, improbably enough, Tulsa, Oklahoma.他的经济状况迫使他很不可思议地去了俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨教书。

英语单词	improbable
英美音标	英 [ɪm'prɒbəbl] 美 [ɪm'prɑːbəbl]
中文释义	adj.不大可能的；不像会发生的；似不可信的
英语例句	(1) It's improbable that she'll accept the invitation. (2) Improbable as it seems, it's true.
中文例句	(1) 她不大可能接受邀请。 (2) 这虽然看起来不可能,但却是真的。
vocabulary简明	Your parents might tell you it's improbable that they'll buy you a car when you turn 16. Since improbable means something is unlikely but not impossible, your optimism allows you to keep hoping.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective improbable also means statistically unlikely to happen. You might be afraid to fly, but the odds of a plane crash are so low that such an event is improbable. Improbable also means something that is so outrageous that you'd never admit you believed in it. You know the existence of the Loch Ness Monster is improbable, but that doesn't stop you from looking for it when you travel to Scotland.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不大可能的；未必会(发生)的 Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen. [oft it v-link ADJ that] ...a highly improbable coincidence... 几率非常小的巧合 It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000. 看来今年的数字不大可能比去年的 75,000 差太多。 improbability ...the improbability of such an outcome. 这种结果的可能性极小 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奇异的；荒谬的 If you describe something as improbable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous. On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance. 表面上看，他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。 ...her improbable accent. 她奇怪的口音 improbably The sea is an improbably pale turquoise... 海水呈现不可思议的淡青绿色。 His financial situation forced him to go and teach in, improbably enough, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 他的经济状况迫使他很不可思议地去了俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨教书。

Improbable Means Improbably Happen Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Year's Improbability