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possible
pɒsɪbəl ˈpɒsɪbəl ˈpɑsəbəl
Word forms: plural possibles
1 ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ] 做得到的；能实现的 If it is possible to do something, it can be done. 做得到的；能实现的

  • If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall.

    如果能找出你兄弟在哪儿，我们就会去找。

  • Everything is possible if we want it enough.

    只要我们有足够的信念，任何事情都是有可能的。

  • This morning he had tried every way possible to contact her.

    他今天早晨已想尽办法与她联系。

  • Live as you like, leave home if you want — that was never possible when I was young.

    随心所欲地生活，不想在家呆着就离开—我年轻的时候，这可根本不可能。

  • It's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.

    那是个美好的夜晚，你让一切成为可能。

SYN feasible, viable, workable, achievable
2 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 可能（发生）的 A possible event is one that might happen. 可能（发生）的

  • He referred the matter to the Attorney General for possible action against several newspapers.

    他把对几家报纸可能提起诉讼的事宜提交首席检察官来处理。

  • Her family is discussing a possible move to America.

    她的家人在讨论移居美国的可能。

  • One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action.

    如果其他办法都不行，还有一种可能是提起诉讼。

  • Is this not a possible outcome of the development of genetically modified food?

    这难道不是转基因食品开发可能会导致的一种结果吗？

SYN likely, potential, anticipated, probable
3 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ] 可能的；也许的 If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be. 可能的；也许的 [vagueness]

  • It is possible that there's an explanation for all this.

    也许，对于所有这一切，会有一种解释。

  • It was possible that Harry himself did not know what he had intended to do.

    可能哈里本人都不清楚自己意欲何为。

SYN conceivable, likely, credible, plausible
4 ADJ 尽可能的 If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can. 尽可能的

  • Please make your decision as soon as possible.

    请尽快作决定。

  • I want to learn as much as possible about the industry so that I'm better prepared.

    我想尽可能多学一些关于这个行业的知识，让自己更有备无患。

  • Michael sat down as far away from her as possible.

    迈克尔尽可能坐得离她远些。

  • Buy fresh produce as often as possible.

    尽量常买新鲜农产品。

5 ADJ （与形容词最高级连用，表示强调）最…的 You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind. （与形容词最高级连用，表示强调）最…的 [emphasis]

  • They have joined the job market at the worst possible time.

    他们在最不景气的时候进入了就业市场。

  • We expressed in the clearest possible way our disappointment, hurt and anger.

    我们清楚明白地表达了我们的失望、伤心和愤怒。

  • He is doing the best job possible.

    他干得真是太漂亮了。

6 ADJ 如果可能的话；要是有可能的话 You use possible in expressions such as 'if possible' and 'if at all possible' when stating a wish or intention, to show that although this is what you really want, you may have to accept something different. 如果可能的话；要是有可能的话 [politeness]

  • I need to see you, right away if possible.

    我要见你，如果可能，马上。

  • ...the moral duty to uphold peace if at all possible.

    只要有可能就应维护和平的道义责任

7 ADJ [ADJ n] 可能当选的 If you describe someone as, for example, a possible Prime Minister, you mean that they may become Prime Minister. 可能当选的

  • Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr Lawrence.

    官方消息人士在公开推测谁有可能成为接任劳伦斯博士的人选。

  • Bradley has been considered a possible presidential contender himself.

    布拉德利本人就被认为是总统职位的有力竞争者。

Possible is also a noun.

  • Kennedy, who divorced wife Joan in 1982, was tipped as a presidential possible.

    有人预测，1982年和妻子琼离婚的肯尼迪有可能当选总统。

  • He had been on the Nobel Prize committee's list of possibles.

    他在诺贝尔委员会列出的获奖候选者名单之列。

8 N-SING 可能；可能（做）的事 The possible is everything that can be done in a situation. 可能；可能（做）的事

  • He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.

    他是一个手腕高超、富有胆识、足智多谋的民主党人，能够让不可能的事成为可能。

Quotations
Everything is possible, including the impossible Benito Mussolini
With God all things are possible Bible: St. Matthew
ThesaurusWord Link
Thesauruspossible Also look up:
ADJ.

achievable, attainable, feasible, likely; (ant.) impossible, unlikely 1

Word Linkible ≈ able to be : audible, flexible, possible
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