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
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- an improbable story
大概不是真实的故事 - It seems improbable that the current situation will continue.
当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。 - It all sounded highly improbable .
一切听上去很荒唐。
- an improbable story
- 奇异的；荒谬的
seeming strange because it is not what you would expect- Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
她的头发带有怪怪的黄色。
- Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
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.- ...a highly improbable coincidence...
几率非常小的巧合 - 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。
- ...a highly improbable coincidence...
- ADJ-GRADED 奇异的;荒谬的
If you describe something asimprobable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous.- 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。 - ...her improbable accent.
她奇怪的口音
- On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.
英英释义
adj
- too improbable to admit of belief
- a tall story
- not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
- legislation on the question is highly unlikely
- an improbable event
- having a probability too low to inspire belief
双语例句
- It is improbable that he should succeed.
他不见得会成功。 - We are a people of improbable hope.
我们是一个充满希望的民族。 - Because it's highly improbable.
因为这是不可能发生的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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's highly improbable that Norris will agree.
诺里斯会同意是很不可能的。 - 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。 - This is improbable but not as remote a possibility as the market appears to think.
这不太可能，但可能性并不像市场似乎认为的那么小。