possibility的详尽意思

1. 可能（性）
2. 可能的事，可能的情况
3. 可能获胜的人，可能被选中的人
4. 发展前途，潜在价值
5. 合适的人（或事物）
6. 最大的权力（或能力）

1. a future prospect or potential;

   "this room has great possibilities"
   

2. capability of existing or happening or being true;

   "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
   

3. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;

   "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"
   "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
   

4. a possible alternative;

   "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
   

1. 的可能：因为微软公司在操作系统市场上存在垄断力,其商业行为方式是反竞争的;撤消企图垄断违法,因为认定的垄断浏览器市场是不正确的,对于浏览器竞争者的进入阻碍也是推测性的,而非现实的可能(possibility发回重审搭售行为,

2. 概率：不确定性可以被认为是一个或几个事件(结果)发生的概率(possibility)分布. 因此,每一个事件的发生都应该对应着一定的概率. 为了研究风险,对未来结果及其发生的概率就应该有一个精确的描述. 但是从风险管理的实践角度来讲,

1. Is there any possibility that you'll be back by the weekend?
   周末以前你有可能回来吗?
2. There is one possibility of changing jobs.
   换工作是有可能的事。
3. Jane is a possibility as a wife for Richard.
   简可能成为理查德的妻子。
4. The plan has great possibilities.
   这计划很可能成功。

• Science and Revelation come into..collision on the possibility of miracles.

  出自：F. Temple

• We often discuss the possibility of his buying a new jacket.

  出自：J. Diski

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的possibilite；最初源自拉丁语的possibilitatem，意为可能性。