probable

adj.

1. 很可能发生（或存在等）的
   likely to happen, to exist or to be true
   1. the probable cause/explanation/outcome
      可能的原因 / 解释 / 结果
   2. highly/quite/most probable
      极其 / 相当 / 最可能的
   3. It is probable that the disease has a genetic element.
      这种疾病很可能有遗传因素。

noun

1. 可能获胜的人（或动物）；可能入选者
   a person or an animal that is likely to win a race or to be chosen for a team

1. ADJ-GRADED 可能的；也许的；大概的
   If you say that something is probable, you mean that it is likely to be true or likely to happen.
   1. It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition...
      这种药物有可能治标不治本。
   2. She does not want to be taken to an optician with the probable result of having to wear glasses...
      她不想被带去验光，因为结果可能是她必须配戴眼镜。
   3. An airline official said a bomb was the incident's most probable cause.
      一位航空公司的官员称这次事件极有可能是由炸弹引起的。
2. ADJ 很有希望的；有可能的
   You can use probable to describe a role or function that someone or something is likely to have.
   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。

1. I fear that a land war now looks very probable
   恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。
2. It is highly probable that many of the Service's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.
   很可能该部门的许多工作人员都对这种华而不实的虚夸言辞感到反感。
3. It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition
   这种药物有可能治标不治本。
4. She does not want to be taken to an optician with the probable result of having to wear glasses
   她不想被带去验光，因为结果可能是她必须配戴眼镜。
5. An airline official said a bomb was the incident's most probable cause.
   一位航空公司的官员称这次事件极有可能是由炸弹引起的。
6. The probable cause of his death is traceable to an incident in 1724
   他的死亡很可能是由1724年的一起事件造成的。
7. It seemed to me probable that we should have uplifted and converted the defeatists round the table.
   在我看来，也许当时我们本该在桌面上鼓起失败主义者的勇气，促使他们转变态度。
8. It's possible but not probable.
   是可能不是很有可能。
9. If it is constant over time, a probable deadlock or hang could have occurred.
   如果它长时间不变，那么很可能是发生了死锁或挂起。
10. The most probable cause is a wrong certificate being used in the certificate database.
    最可能的原因是使用了证书数据库中错误的证书。
11. This paragraph contains the essence of what probable cause is.
    这段文字在内容上包含了什么是“合理可能”的本质。
12. If time grew, probable meeting embroil arrives pupil, cause blindness!
    假如时间长了，很可能会牵连到瞳孔，造成失明！
13. It is probable that I shall be working here next year.
    我很可能明年会在这工作。
14. But it is hardly probable that we occupy so important a place in the universe.
    但我们不太可能位于宇宙中如此重要的位置上。
15. It seems probable that the meeting will not be a success.
    看来会议完全不可能成功了。
16. It is not probable that he forgot.
    他不见得是忘了。
17. We have one node here, and we can again define that most probable radius.
    在这里有个一节点，另外我们可以定义最可能半径。
18. Moreover, the growth mechanism was studied and the probable electrochemical deposition formation process was proposed.
    而且我们研究了其生长机理和可能的电化学沉积过程。
19. When people have good reality testing, they can predict the most probable outcomes their behavior will produce.
    如果人们对现实有一个好的验证，他们就可以预测他们的行为将会产生的最可能的结果。
20. That's why most neurologists can only diagnose "possible" or "probable" Alzheimer's.
    这也就说明了为什么大多数神经学家只能对AD给予一种可能性的诊断。
21. A likely result; he foresaw a probable loss.
    一个可能的结果；他预见到一种可能的损失。
22. It is probable that he forgot.
    他或许是忘记了。
23. It's probable that he forgot.
    他或许是忘了。
24. A probable argument is where we all can achieve is probability.
    “或然性”观点认为，我们能够得到的都是可能的东西。
25. It is probable that he would have joked for the last time.
    他很可能是最后一次讥笑别人了。
26. An Inductive argument is such that the truth of their premises makes the conclusion more or less probable.
    一个归纳的论点中前提的真理，使结论或多或少有可能。
27. If you have thick, brittle, discolored toenails, it is probable that you might have nail fungus.
    如果你有厚，脆，变色脚趾甲，这是有可能，你也可能指甲真菌。
28. We have enough evidence to charge you on probable cause.
    我们有充足的证据和理由指控你。
29. It is probable that he told her everything.
    很可能他把一切都告诉她了。
30. More or less probable not more or less certain.
    或多或少可能不是或多或少确定。

  possible potential probable【导航词义：可能的】

  possible adj. 可能的

〔辨析〕指有可能做到或实现的。

  potential adj. 潜在的，可能的

〔辨析〕指在未来极有可能发展成为某一种人或事物的，只作定语。

  probable adj. 很可能的，大概的

〔辨析〕指很有可能存在、发生或属实的。

noun

1. an applicant likely to be chosen

adj

1. apparently destined
   1. the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme

2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real
   1. a likely result
   2. he foresaw a probable loss

   Synonym:    likely