improbable是什么意思？

improbable

英[ɪmˈprɒbəbl] 美[ɪmˈprɑbəbl]

• adj. 不大可能是真实的，不大可能的，未必确实的，未必会发生的，非概然；

副词：improbably;

名词：improbability;

例句

• a wildly improbable idea 荒谬之极的想法
• The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician. 这部影片讲述了一个不可能发生的故事：一只猴子变成了一名政治家。
• His explanation seems highly improbable. 他的解释似乎很不可能。
• These new facts make the theory improbable. 这些新出现的事实使这一理论变得荒谬。
• This is highly improbable. 这是完全不可能的。
• Probable impossibilities are to preferred to improbable possibilities. 可能的不可能性要比不可能的可能性好.
• We must make one of two following highly improbable suppositions. 我们不得不采取下列两种不近情理的假说之一.
• There is nothing inherently improbable in the idea. 这个想法本身没什么不可能的.
• It seems improbable that the current situation will continue. 当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。
• ...her improbable accent. 她奇怪的口音

同义词

• adj.
  improbable的同义词之：似不可信的
  questionable, doubtful, unlikely,
• improbable的同义词之：其他释义
  questionable, romantic, fishy, doubtful, marvelous, unlikely,

反义词

• adj.
  improbable的反义词之：未必然的;不可信的
  probable,
• improbable的反义词之：其他释义
  probable,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  不大可能的;未必会(发生)的
  Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen.
  例句
  ...a highly improbable coincidence... 几率非常小的巧合 It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000. 看来今年的数字不大可能比去年的 75,000 差太多。
• ADJ-GRADED
  奇异的;荒谬的
  If you describe something as improbable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous.
  例句
  On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance. 表面上看,他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。 ...her improbable accent. 她奇怪的口音

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不大可能是真实的, 不大可能的
  This is highly improbable. 这是完全不可能的。 These new facts make the theory improbable. 这些新出现的事实使这一理论变得荒谬。 There is nothing inherently improbable in the idea. 这个想法本身没什么不可能的。 His explanation seems highly improbable. 他的解释似乎很不可能。 The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician. 这部影片讲述了一个不可能发生的故事：一只猴子变成了一名政治家。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
  "legislation on the question is highly unlikely""an improbable event"
  2. having a probability to low to inspire belief
  3. too improbable to admit of belief;
  "a tall story"