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单词 improbability
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Definition of improbability in English:

improbability

noun ɪmˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtiɪmˌprɑbəˈbɪlədi
mass noun
  • 1The quality of being improbable; unlikelihood.

    his belief in the improbability of war in Europe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first is the improbability, the second is the excessive price, of success.
    • Thus, I have resigned myself to the improbability of finding such a wife.
    • I believe that the very concept of complexity as disguised improbability is contrary to facts and logic.
    • If there is a scale to determine the degree of improbability then this has to be there right at the top.
    • From this evidence I draw the conclusion that there is no intrinsic improbability in either method.
    • The first thing to note about this story is the high improbability factor in many of its key claims.
    • The statements of Jerome have been questioned or disbelieved on the ground of their intrinsic improbability.
    • They pointed to the improbability of her escape, bound and tied, from a vicious gunman with a dog.
    • Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
    • The first component is the criterion of complexity or improbability.
    • Despite the fact of the improbability of interplanetary travel, it is not impossible.
    • No account had been taken of the inherent probability or improbability of what was alleged.
    • The paradox of narrative politics is that it is the very improbability of the campaign that gives it plausibility.
    • Even if you discount the improbability of such poetically contrived melodrama, there are difficulties with this.
    • Some of these stories seem to be collapsing out of sheer improbability.
    • A third reason is the improbability of the success rate the Raelians claim.
    • The physical improbability of the two men having been in the area is pondered.
    • Another point to be made is the psychological improbability of the tale as Krauss relates it.
    • Arguments of improbability thus become subjective claims.
    • The cryptic whimsy with which this idea is introduced cannot conceal its improbability.
    Synonyms
    unlikelihood, implausibility
    doubtfulness, uncertainty, dubiousness
    unthinkability, inconceivability, incredibility
    1. 1.1count noun An improbable circumstance or event.
      the film is full of improbabilities
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In a season full of improbabilities, anything could happen.
      • There are some minor ones, primarily in the improbabilities in certain portions of the story.
      • That such intervention is an extreme improbability must be reckoned as another cost of the Iraq war.
      • I drew attention, as have other commentators, to troubling improbabilities in the tremendous watery climax to Eliot's novel.
      • Though the movie clearly means well, it falls back on clichés and improbabilities to complete its narrative.
      • The separation and this litigation have made that an improbability just as in the Poole case.
      • It all depends how these things actually occur as to whether or not that is an improbability about this account.
      • The Yankees don't want to trade either, making a deal for him an improbability.
      • One could go on poking holes, but the improbabilities are legion.
      • The improbabilities in the film continue to mount.
      • It goes to show that such improbabilities are all integral parts of the unpredictable game called baseball.
      • Even assuming the improbability that all the wounded died, the overall picture does not change.
      • This improbability underscores the impossible circumstances in which England puts its poor orphans.
      • Today that is a very distant proposition as its realization depends on the conjunction of many improbabilities.
      • An aching back makes smiling a physical improbability.
      • It merely piles endless improbabilities upon easy laughs.
      • Second, he emphasizes the importance of not being carried away by improbabilities viewed after the event anyway.
      • Drama is full of the unexpected, the exceptions that prove the rule, improbabilities that seem entirely natural.
      • Despite the improbabilities, catastrophes do happen.
      • If it contains improbabilities or absurdities, they are not of his creation.
 
 

Definition of improbability in US English:

improbability

nounɪmˌprɑbəˈbɪlədiimˌpräbəˈbilədē
  • 1The quality of being improbable; unlikelihood.

    his belief in the improbability of war in Europe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even if you discount the improbability of such poetically contrived melodrama, there are difficulties with this.
    • The first component is the criterion of complexity or improbability.
    • The paradox of narrative politics is that it is the very improbability of the campaign that gives it plausibility.
    • A third reason is the improbability of the success rate the Raelians claim.
    • Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
    • If there is a scale to determine the degree of improbability then this has to be there right at the top.
    • Arguments of improbability thus become subjective claims.
    • They pointed to the improbability of her escape, bound and tied, from a vicious gunman with a dog.
    • No account had been taken of the inherent probability or improbability of what was alleged.
    • From this evidence I draw the conclusion that there is no intrinsic improbability in either method.
    • I believe that the very concept of complexity as disguised improbability is contrary to facts and logic.
    • Despite the fact of the improbability of interplanetary travel, it is not impossible.
    • Another point to be made is the psychological improbability of the tale as Krauss relates it.
    • The first is the improbability, the second is the excessive price, of success.
    • Some of these stories seem to be collapsing out of sheer improbability.
    • The physical improbability of the two men having been in the area is pondered.
    • The statements of Jerome have been questioned or disbelieved on the ground of their intrinsic improbability.
    • The cryptic whimsy with which this idea is introduced cannot conceal its improbability.
    • The first thing to note about this story is the high improbability factor in many of its key claims.
    • Thus, I have resigned myself to the improbability of finding such a wife.
    Synonyms
    unlikelihood, implausibility
    1. 1.1 An improbable event.
      the film is full of improbabilities
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The separation and this litigation have made that an improbability just as in the Poole case.
      • One could go on poking holes, but the improbabilities are legion.
      • The Yankees don't want to trade either, making a deal for him an improbability.
      • This improbability underscores the impossible circumstances in which England puts its poor orphans.
      • Today that is a very distant proposition as its realization depends on the conjunction of many improbabilities.
      • It merely piles endless improbabilities upon easy laughs.
      • Second, he emphasizes the importance of not being carried away by improbabilities viewed after the event anyway.
      • Drama is full of the unexpected, the exceptions that prove the rule, improbabilities that seem entirely natural.
      • Even assuming the improbability that all the wounded died, the overall picture does not change.
      • I drew attention, as have other commentators, to troubling improbabilities in the tremendous watery climax to Eliot's novel.
      • It all depends how these things actually occur as to whether or not that is an improbability about this account.
      • Despite the improbabilities, catastrophes do happen.
      • The improbabilities in the film continue to mount.
      • In a season full of improbabilities, anything could happen.
      • That such intervention is an extreme improbability must be reckoned as another cost of the Iraq war.
      • Though the movie clearly means well, it falls back on clichés and improbabilities to complete its narrative.
      • It goes to show that such improbabilities are all integral parts of the unpredictable game called baseball.
      • There are some minor ones, primarily in the improbabilities in certain portions of the story.
      • An aching back makes smiling a physical improbability.
      • If it contains improbabilities or absurdities, they are not of his creation.
 
 
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