今天我們來學(xué)習(xí)一下英語中對于“有可能”“可能性”的表述。
1.
possible
: if something is
possible, there is a chance that it may happen or it may be true
例：
Accidents are always possible in heavy
industries like mining.
（像煤礦等重工業(yè)一直都存在發(fā)生意外事故的可能性。）
You can't be a Muslim and a Catholic at the
same time - it's just not possible.
（你不能既是穆斯林又是天主教徒——二者不可能兼得。）
technological changes and their possible
effects on our lives
（科技變革以及變革對我們的生活可能造成的影響）
it is possible for somebody to do
something
It is possible for more than one person to
win the competition.
（可能不止一個人會勝出。）
it is possible that +
句子
It is possible that the children are still
alive.
（孩子們可能還活著。）
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2.
can
: if something can happen, it
is possible for it to happen at some time
例：
Mistakes can occur, even in the most
carefully controlled situations.
（把控最嚴(yán)格的環(huán)境下也有可能出錯。）
A lot can happen in two years.
（
2
年內(nèi)可能會發(fā)生很多事。）
It can be warm in England, even in March.
（英格蘭即使
3
月也可能很暖和。）
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3.
there is a chance/possibility
:
use this to say that it is possible that something will happen
例：
there is a chance/possibility of
On the northern hills there is always the
possibility of a snow shower, even in June.
（北部山區(qū)即使六月天也可能下大雪。）
There's
a 50 percent chance of rain
this afternoon.
（今天下午有可能下雨，有可能不下雨，說不準(zhǔn)。）
With the operation, he'll have a
fifty-fifty chance of
walking again.
（手術(shù)后，他有
50%
的幾率可以恢復(fù)行走能力。）
there is a chance/possibility that +
句子
Is there any chance that he will recover
from his injury in time for the race?
（他的傷病有沒有可能及時好起來、趕得及比賽？）
There's a chance that she left her keys in
the office.
（她可能把鑰匙落在辦公室了。）
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表示“極小的可能性”：
There's still
a slim chance
that we
can win.
（我們還有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)贏的希望。）
There's
an outside chance
that
something could go wrong.
（出錯的可能性很小。）
There's
a remote/faint/slight
possibility
that I will not be chosen for the job.
（我不太可能應(yīng)聘不上這份工作
/
我很可能會聘上這份工作。）
?
?
表示“極大的可能性”：
Chances are
(= It is very likely that) she has already heard the news.
（她很有可能已經(jīng)聽說了這個消息。）
There's
a good chance
that we will
finish on time.
（我們很有可能按時完成。）
There's
a strong/real possibility
that
I will not be chosen for the job.
（我很可能應(yīng)聘不上這份工作。）
?
There's
a distinct possibility
that
there will be another earthquake.
（很可能還會有一次地震。）
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補(bǔ)充：
有關(guān)
''possibility''
的其他用法：
①
outside
the range of possibility
：不可能；
within the range of possibility
：可能。
例：
It is not outside the range of possibility
that he could get laid off.
（他可能會被炒魷魚。）
②
beyond
the bounds of possibility
: used to describe things
that cannot happen
不可能；
within the bounds of possibility
:
可能。
備注：這個用法常用于英式英語中。
例：
They might get married - it's not beyond
the bounds of possibility.
（他們或許會結(jié)婚——這不是沒可能。）
You shouldn't worry about things that beyond
the bounds of possibility.
（你不該為不可能發(fā)生的事煩心。）
It was not beyond the bounds of possibility
that they could meet again.
（他們可能還會再見面。）
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