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/ˈprɑːbəbli/ · /ˈprɒbəbli/
Used to say that something is likely to happen or likely to be true, but you are not completely sure.
很可能
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Picture weighing two outcomes in your hands: one side is clearly heavier. You're not certain, but you'd bet on it. That leaning-toward-likely feeling is probably.
可以想成你手裡在掂量兩個可能：一邊明顯比較重。你不敢說百分之百，但要你押，你會押那一邊。probably 就是這種「…更多收起
可以想成你手裡在掂量兩個可能：一邊明顯比較重。你不敢說百分之百，但要你押，你會押那一邊。probably 就是這種「我蠻有把握、但留了一點餘地」的傾向——比 maybe 篤定，又比 definitely 保守。原始詞典資料1 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。
probablyadv/ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli/
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In all likelihood.
- She probably has arrived by now.
- She has probably arrived by now.
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。