Probable

(noun.) an applicant likely to be chosen.

(adj.) apparently destined; 'the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme' .

(adj.) likely but not certain to be or become true or real; 'a likely result'; 'he foresaw a probable loss' .

布丽奇特编辑

• However probable it was to him, she had heard of no such thing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I think it is very probable. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• All these things must be guarded against or a great loss to the owner is probable. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And it seemed probable that all learned men had a sort of schoolmaster's view of young people. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• With Plato the investigation of nature is another department of knowledge, and in this he seeks to attain only probable conclusions (Timaeus). 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Quite probable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It is probable that he will be away all day, and that there would be nothing to disturb you. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• That being the terminus of his railroad communications, it is probable he was directed to remain there awaiting orders. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He was a shrewd man, and therefore, when he withdrew from that trade in 1767, it is probable that he foresaw that he was on the track of something better. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It is probable that the warm spells have been long relatively to the cold ages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It seems probable that in the Athenian population among all the Greek cities the pre-Aryan strain was unusually strong. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Rick, the world is before you; and it is most probable that as you enter it, so it will receive you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I had thought of that too, and it was very far from comforting to me to find that he had thought of it; for it seemed to render it more probable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• To think upon the news as it comes to us is to attempt to see what is indicated as probable or possible regarding an outcome. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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