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    Improbable means unlikely to happen or be true, but not impossible — there's still a small chance. 'An improbable victory' is a win nobody expected but that did actually happen. Don't confuse it with 'impossible', which means it truly cannot happen at all.

    不太可能的、不太可能發生的

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組成im- (not) + probable (Latin 'probare', to test/prove + -able)

同家族的字

  • probeshares the Latin 'prob-' root, meaning to test or examine

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

improbableadj/ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/

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    Not likely to be true.

    • It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you.
    • Improbabile, that cannot be prooued, improbable.
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    Not likely to happen.

    • Due to the loss of power, it is improbable that we will begin on time.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。