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

• A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
  以明显的讽刺和离奇的情景为特点的喜剧。
• 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。
• And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see, as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us;
  如果你愿意加入到我这项看似不大可能实现的探索当中；如果你感到了命运的召唤，和我一样看到了一个充满无限可能性的未来展现在我们的面前；
• It seemed highly improbable he would return to work.
  他会回来工作这事看起来极不可能。
• I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
  我要使我变得美无伦比而又无所畏惧，仿佛我已插上双翼。
• IEX's journey is an improbable one. Their odds are no better than the average startup.
  IEX的发展之路并不怎么真实。他们胜出的机会并不比普通的创业公司高多少。
• 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。
• 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。
• Given its culture, and the soft spots in new GM, that is still improbable.
  考虑到通用汽车的文化、以及新通用汽车存在的软肋，前一种情况仍不大可能发生。
• 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。