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From the word’s history

From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis 'that may be proved, credible', from probāre 'to test'.

源自拉丁文 probābilis「可證明的、可信的」，和 prove 同源。

Wiktionary

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「看起來會發生」的結果，另一方面也拿它來稱呼天平正偏向的那個人。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

a more probable most probable

n probables

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。