likely / probable / possible 意为“可能”

1. likely 常指从表面迹象来判断有可能。常用结构：sb/sth is/are likely to do sth和It is likely+that从句。

2. probable 可能性最大，表示“很可能，十有八九”。常用结构：It is probable+that从句。

3. possible 可能性最小，指客观上有可能，往往含有“希望很小”的意味。常用结构：It is possible (for sb) to do sth和It is possible+that从句。

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1·We try to help whenever possible.

只要有可能我们都尽量帮忙。《牛津词典》

2·Many possible orderings may exist.

组合方式可能有许多种。《牛津词典》

3·Let me suggest a possible scenario.

我来设想一种可能出现的情况。《牛津词典》

4·But that's not possible!

但那是不可能的！《牛津词典》

5·Police have warned of possible delays.

警方已经通知可能会廷期。《牛津词典》

6·If possible, you want to avoid alcohol.

你应尽可能避免饮酒。《牛津词典》

7·There are several possible explanations.

有几种合理的解释。《牛津词典》

8·She blew her nose as daintily as possible.

她尽量文雅地擤了擤鼻涕。《牛津词典》

9·Four possible outcomes have been identified.

现已确定有四种可能的结果。《牛津词典》

10·We must consider all possible contingencies.

我们必须考虑一切可能发生的事。《牛津词典》

可能的

1·But that's not possible!

但那是不可能的！《牛津词典》

2·Many possible orderings may exist.

组合方式可能有许多种。《牛津词典》

3·Police have warned of possible delays.

警方已经通知可能会廷期。《牛津词典》

4·The minuses far outweigh that possible gain.

不利因素远远超过了那可能获得的收益。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Four possible outcomes have been identified.

现已确定有四种可能的结果。《牛津词典》

可能性

1·They will discuss the possible renewal of diplomatic relations.

他们将讨论恢复外交关系的可能性。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·She has some interesting observations on possible future developments.

她对未来发展的可能性有一些饶有兴味的论述。《牛津词典》

3·Like the rest of us, they are members of a society that rates the creation of wealth as the greatest possible good.

就像我们其他人一样，他们是一个视创造财富为最大可能性好处的社会的成员。

4·The temporary cease-fire agreement does not preclude possible retaliatory attacks later.

临时停火协议不能防止以后发生报复性攻击的可能性。

5·It starts with what's desirable and then moves to what's possible from a technology perspective and what's viable from a business perspective.

它始于对令人满意的东西的追寻，接着寻求另一种从技术角度的可能性，同时它的商业前景也是可以看到的。

可能存在的

1·For example, fear can alert us to possible danger.

例如，恐惧可以提醒我们可能存在的危险。

2·What are the possible links between facial expressions and emotion?

面部表情和情绪之间可能存在哪些联系？

3·Third, you have to remove all possible constraints on the operations that you provide for the user.

第三，你必须删除所有可能存在的你为用户提供的操作上的约束。

4·You learned that, although the generator does not handle every possible type including arrays, you can modify the GSTC to account for this.

了解到，虽然生成程序不能处理每种可能存在的类型(包括数组)，但是您可以修改GSTC来解决这个问题。

5·Therefore, the key in dealing with change is to try and look past its possible negative outcomes, instead seeing what it can do for you.

因此，应对变化的关键在于尝试，看看过去可能存在的消极结果，而不是看它能为你做什么。

可能发生的

1·So the explanations of almost all physically possible phenomena are about how knowledge would be applied to bring those phenomena about.

因此，几乎所有对可能发生的现象的解释都是关于如何运用知识把重现这些现象。

2·An instance sequence diagram describes a single possible exchange of messages between two instances.

实例序列图描述了两个实例之间可能发生的单一消息交换。

3·After all, when you have little self control, anything is possible.

毕竟，当不能很好的自我控制的时候，什么都是可能发生的。

4·But it is also possible that the data changes are fast enough to use up the log space before the log is truncated.

但是，由于数据改变的足够快以至于在日志被截断以前而用尽了日志的空间，这种情况也是可能发生的。

5·It was a time when anything seemed possible.

那是一个任何事可能发生的时代。

潜在的

1·Some U.S. manufacturers have been sizing up the UK as a possible market for their clothes.

一些美国制造商一直把英国视为其服装的潜在市场。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·They raised public awareness of the possible causes of heart disease.

他们提高了公众对心脏病潜在诱因的认识。

3·The structure of the periodic table appeared to limit the number of possible elements.

元素周期表的结构似乎限制了潜在元素的数量。

4·Instead, BPEL should be considered an interpreted language, although there have been some investigations into the possible advantages of compiled BPEL.

相反，BPEL应该被视为一种经过解释的语言，尽管有一些调查检查了已编译的BPEL的潜在优势。

5·As the number of connected devices in any network increases, the number of possible connections between them grows exponentially.

随着任一网络的联系设备数量的增长，它们之间潜在的联系数量就会成倍增长。

合理的

1·The important thing is that you think about a real person and the possible reasons why they are powerful, why others choose to follow them.

最重要的是，你所想起的是一个真正的人，而且那就是他拥有权力以及其他人选择服从他的合理原因。

2·The content in Vanished is meant to model what is possible for learning outside schools.

绝迹的内容是为了给什么是合理的课外学习做一个榜样。

3·If you'd like to bypass all the ladders and stepping stones, I'm here to tell you that it's possible.

如果你想绕过所有梯子以及垫脚石，我会告诉你这是合理的。

4·They will discuss a possible bid to win his release on bail ahead of a December 14 hearing on extradition to Sweden.

他们将讨论出一个合理的价格，争取在12月14日引渡到瑞典的听证会之前获得保释。

5·This is only one of many possible answers.

这只是许多合理的答案之一。

(1)possible for可能；对…可能的

(1)as much as possible尽可能

(1)if possible如果可能的话；如有可能

(1)as far as possible尽量；尽可能

(1)make it possible使它变成可能

(1)as quickly as possible尽快