核心畫面

Picture the scales tipping to one side before anything has actually happened: it has not been decided, but this is the way it looks like going. English keeps that judgement as a description of the outcome, and also lets it name the person the scales are tipping towards.

可以想成:事情還沒發生,但天平已經偏向其中一邊——沒有定案,只是看起來會往這邊走。英文一方面用它形容那個「看起來會發更多收起可以想成:事情還沒發生,但天平已經偏向其中一邊——沒有定案,只是看起來會往這邊走。英文一方面用它形容那個「看起來會發生」的結果,另一方面也拿它來稱呼天平正偏向的那個人。

From the picture

最被看好的那個人

把形容詞當成名詞用:不是形容某件事很可能,而是直接指「那個很可能被選上或勝出的人」。

likely candidate/pick · noun · B2

someone who is likely to be chosen for a team, a job, or a prize, or likely to win a race or contest

熱門人選

Also in this word

likely; probable · adjective · B2

likely to exist, happen, or be true, often because there are good reasons to think so

很可能的

原始詞典資料6 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。

probableadj/ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/

  • 1

    Likely or most likely to be true.

    • It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
    • The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
  • 2

    Likely to happen.

    • With all the support we have, success is looking probable.
  • 3

    Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.

    • probable evidence
    • From an examination of the Teutonic words for "temple" Grimm has made it probable that amongst the Germans the oldest sanctuaries were natural woods.
  • 4

    obsoleteCapable of being proved.

probablenoun/ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/

  • 1

    Something that is likely.

    • Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.
  • 2

    A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

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