英语词汇“possible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	possible
释义	pos·si·ble I. \ˈpäsəbəl\ adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin possibilis, from posse to be able + -ibilis -ible — more at potent 1. a. : falling or lying within the powers (as of performance, attainment, or conception) of an agent or activity expressed or implied : being within or up to the limits of one's ability or capacity as determined by nature, authority, circumstances, or other controlling factor < a possible but difficult task > — compare actual b. : falling within the bounds of what may be done, occur, be conceived, or be attained within the framework of nature, custom, or manners < a cure is still possible > < not possible to see the patient > c. : being such to the utmost degree < as coarse as it was possible to be > < the largest number possible > 2. obsolete : able 3. a. : that may or may not occur : that may chance : dependent on contingency : neither probable nor impossible < put by for possible emergencies > < it is possible that she will come > b. : likely, probable — usually used with an adverb expressing doubt < scarcely possible > < barely possible that it will rain > 4. : having an indicated potential by nature or circumstances : able or fitted to become, be used, or otherwise serve < every native-born American is a possible president > < a possible site for a capitol > 5. : capable of being surmounted, traversed, or dealt with; especially : neither unacceptable nor intolerable < the new neighbors were possible > — often used with an adverb expressing doubt < scraped together a just possible meal > Synonyms: practicable, feasible: possible is used to dispel doubt that something may or does occur or exist or may come to exist < the regime of religious toleration has become possible only because we have lost the primal intensity of religious conviction — M.R.Cohen > < although he still asserts that community of goods would be the ideal institution, he reluctantly abandons it as a basis for a possible state — G.L.Dickinson > practicable refers to what may be readily effected, executed, practiced, used, or put into operation < trial by jury — an institution in which … we have the very abstract and essence of all practicable democratic government — W.H.Mallock > < the only practicable tactics to be pursued were those of the routine police procedure — W.H.Wright > feasible may designate what is likely to work out or put into effect successfully or what in a difficult situation seems the expedient least liable to fail < cheap iron and steel made it feasible to equip larger armies and navies than ever before — Lewis Mumford > < only the most simple types of utilization are feasible — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > Synonym: see in addition probable. II. adverb archaic : possibly III. noun (-s) 1. a. : possibility, potentiality — usually used in plural < all the infinite number of possibles — Jonathan Edwards > b. : all that can be done : best < had done my possible … to gratify you — Robert Southey > 2. possibles plural : necessary things (as supplies, equipment, money) < the hunters departed, each to look after his traps and possibles — Mayne Reid > 3. : the highest attainable score for a number of rounds fired in target shooting; broadly : the highest attainable score in a competition
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