improbable
美 [?m?prɑb?b(?)l]
英 [?m?pr?b?b(?)l] 
- adj.不大可能真實的(或發(fā)生的);不大可能的;奇異的;荒謬的
- 網絡不可能的;不大可能發(fā)生的;未必有的
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英漢雙解
1. | 不大可能真實的(或發(fā)生的);不大可能的not likely to be true or to happen |
| an improbable story 大概不是真實的故事 |
| It all sounded highly improbable . 一切聽上去很荒唐。 |
| It seems improbable that the current situation will continue. 當前的局勢似乎不大可能繼續(xù)下去。 |
2. | 奇異的;荒謬的seeming strange because it is not what you would expect |
| Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow. 她的頭發(fā)帶有怪怪的黃色。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
But who can rule out the notion that the most improbable alternative might be the only one possible?
但說不定最離奇的選擇反而卻是唯一的答案呢;誰也不能排除這種可能性。
Knowing Io Welland as he had, he deemed it very improbable that she had even so much as mentioned him to any of her friends.
就他了解的韋蘭*愛娥,他認為她不大可能,向她的任何一個朋友提到他。
Oregon State now was beginning to roll. They swept through the Super Regionals the next week to punch their improbable return trip to Omaha.
俄勒岡州隊開始波動了。他們下一個周橫掃了超級地區(qū)聯(lián)隊,從此開始了他們重返奧馬哈的征途。
He had not lived to see the remarkable fruit of his own improbable journey westward.
他沒能活著看到他自己的那一次難以置信的西行旅程所結出的非凡果實。
Among these details the reader will encounter two or three improbable circumstances, which we preserve out of respect for the truth.
在那些細微的情節(jié)里,讀者將遇見兩三處似乎不可能真有其事的經過,但是我們為了尊重事實,仍舊保存下來。
There is nothing intrinsically improbable about this incident, which is stamped indeed, with all the marks of literary truth.
這些事情本身沒有任何不可能的因素,它印記著文學真實性的一切特征。
A man who suffered concussion after diving into a shallow pool has made a seemingly improbable discovery: it made him a musical genius.
美國一名男子在一個較淺的游泳池跳水導致腦震蕩,之后卻意外發(fā)現(xiàn)這起事故使他成為了音樂天才。
A woman with a cast on her left arm struggled along in improbable heels, while another had only a huge blue teddy bear for luggage.
一個婦女背著與自己完全不成比例的大包,而另一個只是帶著一個大大的玩具熊。
Good. Then I shall attempt the impossible -- or at least the improbable.
很好。那我應該來挑戰(zhàn)下這個不可能--至少看上去是不太可能的事。
It is the result of a cutting-edge computational process and people's responses to it are just as improbable.
它是頂級計算機處理的結果,人們對這個杰作的反應是:太不可思議了。
Just seconds after Greece won an improbable European Championship, church bells rang and cars clogged the streets of every city and hamlet.
就在希臘隊不可思議地奪得歐洲杯冠軍之后的一剎那,教堂的鐘聲響起,車輛把每個城市和鄉(xiāng)村的大街小巷堵得水泄不通。
Not one word about the magic power of music in antiquity seems to me improbable when I am under the spell of her simple melody.
在她簡單旋律的魔力之下,關于古老音樂具有魔力的說法,我覺得句句都有可能。
If Brentford to Barcelona feels like an improbable journey, then consider the fact that football was not even Szczesny's first sport.
如果從布倫特福德到巴塞羅那是令人難以置信的飛躍,那么相像下,足球甚至不是什琴斯尼的第一運動這個事實。
Picking the right six numbers in a lotto is, to say the least, statistically improbable.
全部選中樂透的六個正確號碼——退一步說——在統(tǒng)計學上是不可能的。
Mr Blatter says that he will reform the organisation. That seems, to put it mildly, improbable.
布拉特先生稱他將改革國際足聯(lián),委婉些說,可能性不大。
It must reject improbable alternatives just as it rejects the permanency of the existing order.
就像它拒斥現(xiàn)存秩序的永久性一樣,它必定也排拒沒有可能性的秩序選項。
It is an improbable scandal that features Rupert Murdoch's humbling at the hands of Parliament as one of its dullest chapters.
魯伯特?默多克(RupertMurdoch,通稱老默多克)在議會面前卑躬屈膝顯然不大可能是這一丑聞最無聊的一頁。
I knew that this was highly improbable, but didn't see any sense in arguing.
我知道這不大可能,但爭吵是行不通的。
Many other ingenious and improbable theories have been suggested to explain the origin of the name.
人們還提出許多有獨創(chuàng)性但卻不大可能的理論來解釋這一名字的來源。
I've had an improbable life, and a wonderful one full of faith, hope, and love, as well as more than my share of grace and good fortune.
我經歷了一段仿佛是做夢一般的生活,充滿了信仰、希望和愛;生活給予我過多的恩惠和好運。
It all seemed so highly improbable to those who knew her, that everyone dismissed it as ridiculous.
凡是了解她的人,都覺得她想入非非、異想天開,有時對她的高談闊論一笑了之。
Her incredible journey had a tangible impact on this small region of Siberia, and her improbable and unique legacy continues to this day.
她的難以置信的旅途影響著西伯利亞的小地方不可能形成獨特的資產持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在。
And again, when you're thinking about how improbable this is, remember, five billion years ago, we were not here, and there was no life.
再一次,當你覺得這不大可能的話別忘了,50億年前,地球上沒有人類,沒有生命。
One measure of the power of its central idea is the improbable alliances it has forged.
這個運動形成的奇異聯(lián)盟是對其中心思想力量的衡量。
When you eliminated the impossible, whatever remains , however improbable, must be the truth.
當你排除所以的不可能,剩下的無論多么不可思議,也一定是真相。
We are a people of a probable home improbable hope with an eye toward the fudge towards future, with resort resolve in our heart.
我們是一個喜歡奢望的民族,眼中期望著未來,心中充滿著決心。
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
一旦你消滅了不可能,不管留下了什么,不論多么不可思議,它都一定是事實。
the former seems improbable for a country whose currency will not be fully convertible for some time.
至于前者,對一個本幣在相當長時間內都依然不可全面自由兌換的國家來說,也不大現(xiàn)實。
If your dream strikes you as too improbable, don't worry. If it's possible in your head, it qualifies as a good dream.
別擔心你的夢想不太實際,只要你覺得可能實現(xiàn),就是個好夢想。
If you are charged with defending your country, you need to be able to meet even improbable threats.
但如果你負有保衛(wèi)國家的職責,你制定的計劃就必須能夠應對甚至不可能出現(xiàn)的威脅。
The plot of the upcoming Hollywood film "Snakes on a Plane" might not be as improbable as it seems.
即將上檔的好萊塢電影「飛機上有蛇」的劇情,也許并不是那麼不可能發(fā)生。
"His version is so improbable, " he said.
內爾說,“他的描述不可信?!?/jz>
Moreover, the cost of using it to service the space station would require a dramatic and improbable increase in NASA's budget.
此外,使用它為空間站服務的成本[巨大],需要NASA大幅增加預算,這不太可能。
But it is improbable that this relative gain would mean an absolute gain.
但是這種相對獲利不可能使工薪族總體上絕對獲利。
whom she follows down a rabbit-hole, floating down into a dream underworld of paradox, the absurd and the improbable.
被她遵循了一個兔子洞,浮到一個悖論夢想打黑除惡,是荒謬和不可能的。
If Europe wanted to adopt one, the ECB and finance ministers would have to agree on such a policy jointly. This is highly improbable.
如果它想采用一種,那么這種政策必須獲得歐洲央行和各成員國財長一致認可,而這是極不可能的。
The immense distance between the two ends of the continent makes an ancient African exchange system appear improbable.
大陸的兩端間的廣闊的距離使古非洲人顯得不可能擁有大范圍的交換系統(tǒng)。
If so, that would be one of the business world's more improbable turnarounds.
果真如此的話,這將是商業(yè)世界里最不可能的東山再起之一。
Activating this improbable tissue might provide a new way to rev up the body's metabolism and accelerate weight loss.
激活這種人體組織也許會成為一種新的加快新陳代謝,減肥瘦身的方法。
What does Aristotle mean when he says that in tragedy a probable impossibility is preferred to an improbable possibility?
亞里斯多德說,悲劇里可能的不可能性是指不可能的可能性,這是什麼意思?
This seems somewhat unlikely in an engineering contract, but then improbable happenings are the stuff of which many law cases are made.
這種情況在工程技術合同中似乎是不大可能發(fā)生的事,然而一些難以置信的偶然事件卻是構成許多法律案件的要素。