• adj. 很可能的；可信的
• n. 很可能的事；大有希望的候选者

来自拉丁语probare,检验，证实，词源同prove,probe.引申词义可检验的，可能的。

probable

probable: [14] Latin probāre meant ‘test, approve, prove’ (it is the source of English probate [15], probation [15], probe [16], and prove). From it was derived the adjective probābilis ‘provable’, hence ‘likely’. It passed into English via Old French probable.
=> probate, probation, probe, prove, reprobate

probable (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French probable "provable, demonstrable" (14c.), from Latin probabilis "worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; provable, that may be assumed to be believed, credible," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1670s.

1. The Socialists united behind their probable presidential candidate, Michel Rocard.

社会党人团结在他们很有希望当选的总统候选人米歇尔·罗卡尔周围。

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2. I fear that a land war now looks very probable.

恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。

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3. The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.

会谈的结果很可能是妥协.

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4. It is probable to finish the job before dark.

天黑之前有可能完成这项工作.

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5. It is hardly probable that he will succeed.

他不会成功.

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