possible /ˈpɒsɪbəl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ If it is possible to do something, it can be done. (做某事) 可能的

  例：

  If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we will.

  如果有可能找到你哥哥的下落，我们会找的。

  例：

  Everything is possible if we want it enough.

  如果我们非常想要的话，任何事都是有可能的。

• 2. 

  ADJ A possible event is one that might happen. 可能 (发生) 的

  例：

  He referred the matter to the attorney general for possible action against several newspapers.

  他将此事交给首席检察官处理，以求可能诉讼几家报社。

  例：

  One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action.

  如果其他方案都不行，一个可能的解决办法就是提起诉讼。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be. 可能 (真实) 的 [v-link ADJ] [含糊]

  例：

  It is possible that there's an explanation for all this.

  这一切可能真有个解释。

• 4. 

  ADJ If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can. 尽可能的 (早、多等) ['as' adv/pron 'as' ADJ]

  例：

  Please make your decision as soon as possible.

  请尽可能快地出你们的决定。

  例：

  Mrs. Pollard decided to learn as much as possible about the country before going there.

  波拉德夫人决定尽可能多地了解那个国家后再去那儿。

• 5. 

  ADJ You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind. 和形容词最高级连用，表示“最…不过” [强调]

  例：

  They have joined the job market at the worst possible time.

  他们在一个最遭糕不过的时候进入了职场。

  例：

  We expressed in the clearest possible way our disappointment, hurt, and anger.

  我们以最清晰不过的方式表达了我们的失望、伤痛和愤怒。

• 6. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as, for example, a possible governor, you mean that they could be elected as governor. 可能 (当选) 的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr. Lawrence.

  各官方消息源现在正公开地推测继劳伦斯博士之任的可能人选。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT Possible is also a noun. 可能的人

  例：

  Kennedy, who divorced wife Joan in 1982, was tipped as a presidential possible.

  1982年和妻子琼离婚的肯尼迪被认为最可能成为总统人选。

• 8. 

  N-SING The possible is everything that can be done in a situation. 可能的事

  例：

  He is a Democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.

  作为民主党人，他有着技巧、胆量和智谋来利用一切可能性。