probability
n
1 [U] likelihood 可能性: There is little probability of his succeeding/that he will succeed. 他不大可能成功.
What is the probability of its success? 其成功的可能性如何?
2 [C] thing that is (most) probable; probable event or result (很)可能有的事物; 可能發生的事; 可能出現的結果
What are the probabilities? 可能發生什麼事?
A fall in interest rates is a probability in the present economic climate. 從目前的經濟情勢看, 很有可能降低利率.
3 [C] (mathematics 數) ratio expressing the chances that a certain event will occur 概率; 或然率.
4 (idm 習語)in ,all proba`bility very probably 極有可能
In all probability he's already left. 他很可能已經離開了.