Probability

(noun.) the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; 'for a while mutiny seemed a probability'; 'going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost'.

(noun.) a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; 'the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5'.

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• Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• When you left Miss Verinder's sitting-room, with the jewel in your hand, you went back in all probability to your own room---- Yes? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Frosts will soon set in, and in all probability with severity. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• They were in all probability made by human communities quite out of touch with the Aryans, separately and independently. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Its probability and its eligibility have really so equalled each other! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The more remote and cruel this vague suspicion that I have, the stronger the circumstances that could give it any semblance of probability to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Felix was too delicate to accept this offer; yet he looked forward to the probability of that event as to the consummation of his happiness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• In his inmost heart he was not sorry to put himself beyond the probability of meeting Miss Bart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I felt stunned, more by the sudden shock of such an idea being presented to my imagination as possible, than from conviction of its probability. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I could not chance causing her additional pain or sorrow by declaring a love which, in all probability she did not return. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• But in this situation, the superior vigilance and attention of a private adventurer would, in all probability, soon make them weary of the trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I shall, in all probability, be back in a few hours, I said, and you will take care, as usual, to let no one inside the doors in my absence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The red one in all probability cannot swim, I said, since there is scarce enough water in all their domains to float the tiniest craft. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• My whole future depended, in all probability, on my not losing possession of myself at that moment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I see no probability in it, unless you have any better foundation than what you mention. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Who can measure probabilities against certainties? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• She has so rarely seen the thing done that the probabilities are strong the other way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Judged by mere worldly considerations and probabilities, his story is a very doubtful one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And what are the probabilities as to the result of the contest? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Lydgate could now construct all the probabilities of the case. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He recapitulated the statements which Becky had made, pointed out the probabilities of their truth, and asserted his own firm belief in her innocence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• My second reflection is founded on those large probabilities, which the mind can judge of, and the minute differences it can observe betwixt them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The probabilities are that our loss in killed was the heavier, as we were the attacking party. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I was in no position to try the probabilities on one side or on the other in this instance by any better test than the test of personal resemblance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• All three are in the region of dramatic system-making and myth, to which probabilities are irrelevant. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Margaret was surprised to find an acceptance contemplated, after all she had learnt of sad probabilities during the day. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• From the stone age onward the probabilities are that man has always had some kind of bowling game. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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