possibilities是什么意思？

possibilities

• n. 可能性( possibility的名词复数 )，可能的事，可选择的方法，可以利用和改善的余地；

例句

• The chance meeting with the president opened up new possibilities for him. 与总统邂逅提供给他新的机会。
• The State Council are examining possibilities which are opening up in local affairs. 国务院正在考查开放地方事务的可行性。
• The possibilities of success seem unlimited. 成功的可能看来是极大的。
• We must explore all the possibilities. 我们必须探讨所有的可能性。
• a multitude of possibilities 众多的可能性
• 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.
• The possibilities of producing something entirely new by emulating nature's very wide crosses are enticing. 用自然界的非常广泛的杂交方法创造出全新植物种的可能性是诱人的.
• Brainstorm list for yourself of as many possibilities as you can, without evaluating or censoring them. 尽可能把所有的可能性都考虑进去(头脑风暴),列出清单, 而无需评估或审查这些可能性.
• He was barricading himself against possibilities. 他严阵以待可能发生的事.
• There are limitless possibilities in the University of Salford. 索尔福德大学,一切皆有可能.

英语六级真题

She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American woman.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
It enables people to look into various possibilities and choose the career they love.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities.
出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  可能性；可能
  If you say there is a possibility that something is the case or that something will happen, you mean that it might be the case or it might happen.
  例句
  We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth... 我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。 Tax on food has become a very real possibility. 极有可能征收食物税。
• N-COUNT
  （一种）可能；可能的事
  A possibility is one of several different things that could be done.
  例句
  The government now owns a lot of our land — one possibility would be to compensate us with other property... 政府现在占了我们的大量土地，一种可能是用其他地产来对我们作出补偿。 There were several possibilities open to each manufacturer. 每个制造商都可以有几种不同的选择。
• PHRASE
  可能的事；能做到的事
  You can say 'It is not beyond the realms of possibility' or 'It is not beyond the bounds of possibility' when you are stating something that you believe is possibly true, but which other people might consider unlikely or impossible.
  例句
  It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the security services do bug important public figures. 安全部门完全有可能窃听重要公众人物的谈话。