improbable

英 [ɪmˈprɒbəbl]

美 [ɪmˈprɑːbəbl]

adj.  不大可能真实的(或发生的); 不大可能的; 奇异的; 荒谬的

复数：improbables　

TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.9661 / COCA.10684

牛津词典

adj.

• 不大可能真实的（或发生的）；不大可能的
  not likely to be true or to happen
  1. an improbable story
     大概不是真实的故事
  2. It seems improbable that the current situation will continue.
     当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。
  3. It all sounded highly improbable .
     一切听上去很荒唐。
• 奇异的；荒谬的
  seeming strange because it is not what you would expect
  1. Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
     她的头发带有怪怪的黄色。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不大可能的;未必会(发生)的
  Something that isimprobableis unlikely to be true or to happen.
  1. ...a highly improbable coincidence...
     几率非常小的巧合
  2. It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000.
     看来今年的数字不大可能比去年的 75,000 差太多。
• ADJ-GRADED 奇异的;荒谬的
  If you describe something asimprobable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous.
  1. On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.
     表面上看,他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。
  2. ...her improbable accent.
     她奇怪的口音

英英释义

adj

• too improbable to admit of belief
  1. a tall story
  Synonym:marvelousmarvelloustall(a)
• not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
  1. legislation on the question is highly unlikely
  2. an improbable event
  Synonym:unlikely
• having a probability too low to inspire belief
  Synonym:unbelievableunconvincingunlikely

双语例句

• It seemed highly improbable he would return to work.
  他会回来工作这事看起来极不可能。
• Legislation on the question is highly unlikely; an improbable event.
  对这个问题的立法是非常不可能的；一个不可能的事件。
• It's extremely unlikely that two such improbable events would concur.
  两个如此不相干的事件会同时发生是非常不可能的。
• But that seems improbable.
  但那似乎不太可能。
• But improbable events can arrive like black swans, that is to say, unexpectedly.
  但不可能的事件往往会像黑天鹅一样不期而至，也就是说，完全出乎意料时就已经大祸临头。
• We are a people of improbable hope.
  我们是一个充满希望的民族。
• Perhaps most improbable, their sight improved.
  也许最不可思议的是，他们的视力也有所改善。
• To call a thing a miracle is just another way of saying it's highly improbable.
  奇迹只是另一种方式说极不可能。
• While that isn't impossible, I think it's highly improbable.
  这并不是不可能，而是绝对没有可能的。
• Nuclear war is not at all improbable once these countries get desperate.
  一旦这些国家感到绝望，核战争不是不可能发生的事。