口语里,大家常常用到“可能”的表达。likely应该是冲口而出的词语了,那今天大家再多知道一些表示“可能”单词。多点可能,多点机会,多点回旋空间嘛。
1、probably
非常可能;大概
英语解释:used to mean that something is very likely
probably是“多半”,其可能性超越一半。
通常指依据逻辑推理,估计有发生的可能,把握性较大,语气比possibly强。
I'll probably be home by midnight.
我非常可能半夜到家。
I'm probably going - it depends on the weather.
我非常或许会去——这要看天气如何。
2、maybe
可能,大概
英语解释:used to show that something is possible or that something might be true
maybe这个词比perhaps更口语化,美国英语多用。指某事或许这样,含不可以确定意味。
maybe要用于句首,它和perhaps表示的可能性大致为一半。
Maybe they'll come tomorrow.
可能他们明天会来。
Maybe you were right after all.
可能还是你对。
3、perhaps
可能,可能
英语解释:used to show that something is possible or that you are not certain about something
多用于英式口语,与maybe同义。可用于句末、句中、句首。
He hasn't written to me recently - perhaps he's lost my address.
他近期没给我写信——或许他把我的地址弄丢了。
4、possibly
可能地
英语解释:used when something is not certain
possibly指客观上潜存着发生某种变化的可能,其可能性低于一半。
He may possibly decide not to come, in which case there's no problem.
他或许会决定不来,如此就没问题了。
【拓展】
It is possible that
可能,是大概的
It is possible that some of these methods coincide with the designer's needs.
这类办法中有一些可能满足设计者的需要。
5、presumably
据推断,大概,可能
英语解释:used to say what you think is the likely situation
presume的意思是“假定,推定,认定”,多表示以过去经验作依据或者是合乎逻辑地推断。
通常是有充分的原因,虽然结论仍可能是不对的。可以得出,presume表示的可能性较高。
presumably是它的副词形式,表示“据推断,大体上说“。
Presumably the bad weather has delayed the flight.
大概恶劣的天气使飞机误点了。
The stars in each given cluster presumably were formed almost simultaneously.
大体上说,每一个给定星团中的恒星差不多是同时形成的。
6、there is the possibility
大概
There is the probability that we were wrong.
大概是大家错了。
7、the chances are that=It is likely that
非常……大概
Chances are they'll be late anyway.
总之,他们非常或许会迟到。
这也是非常常见的表达。chance除去表示“机会”,也有“可能性”(likelihood)的意思。
所以说,不可能的英语就是——Not a chance!
更夸张一点就是:not a chance in hell!(绝不可能!)
8、in all probability
大概,十之八九
英语解释:used to mean that something is very likely
She will, in all probability, have left before we arrive.
她十有八九会在大家到达之前就已经离开了。
【小常识】
十之八九还可以是:nine times out of ten/ninety-nine times out of a hundred
Nine times out of ten, you can fix it.
你十有八九可以修好它。
9、there is every probability that
极大概
There is every probability that she is not coming.
她大概不来了。