n. 可能,可能性;希望,可能發(fā)生的事物;
?? poss可能+ ibility表名詞→ 可能;可能的事
"We cannot rule out that possibility."
我們不能排除那種可能性。
近義:likelihood, opportunity, outlook, potential, potentiality, virtuality
反義:impracticability, inability
n. 確定性,確實(shí)性;確定的事,必然的事;
?? certain確實(shí)的+ty表名詞 → 肯定
"Her return to the team now seems a certainty."
她的歸隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已成定局。
近義:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
反義:hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indefinition, indetermination
adj. 實(shí)質(zhì)上的,事實(shí)上的;(計(jì)算機(jī))虛擬的;<物>有效的,虛像的;(粒子)實(shí)際存在的;
?? 美德(virtue)在惡棍(al)身上是 虛擬的
"Experiments are easy because virtual worlds exist in parallel."
實(shí)驗(yàn)是容易的,因?yàn)樘摂M世界并行存在。
近義:implicit, implied, incidental, included, occasional, understood