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possibly

/ˈpɑ.sɪ.bli/ 副词 A2

中文: 可能、也许

  1. Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker. · Near-synonyms: maybe, perhaps, mayhap, mayhaps, by chance, perchance, peradventure; conceivably· Possibly, they will make gains in the midterm elections.
  2. In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance. · I'm much stronger than you, so you can't possibly win.· I couldn't possibly be there on time.
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“If I eat one of these cakes,” she thought, “it’s sure to make _some_ change in my size; and as it can’t possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose.”
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第28页 · B2
First, because I’m on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they’re making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.” And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第40页 · B2
Matthew Cuthbert’s father, as shy and silent as his son after him, had got as far away as he possibly could from his fellow men without actually retreating into the woods when he founded his homestead.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第3页 · C1
I don’t suppose you ever were an orphan in an asylum, so you can’t possibly understand what it is like.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第16页 · C1

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