improbability
noun[CorU]
uk/ɪmˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪm.prɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/thequalityof not beinglikelytohappenor betrue, or something that is notlikelytohappenor betrue:
不太可能发生或不太可能为真的事件或状态astatistical/mathematicalimprobability统计上/数学上几无可能
I had tolaughat the improbabilityofthesituation.我不禁哑然失笑,因为这种情况是几无可能出现的。
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improbable
- That thetownhadescapedthewildfirestillseemedan improbability.
- He wasamusedat the improbability ofbecomingaminorcelebrity.
- There are someholesin theplotof thefilmand a few improbabilities.
Impossible and improbable
- apt
- aptness
- be out of the questionidiom
- be pissing in the windidiom
- beggar
- doubt
- fat chanceidiom
- fear
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- goodbye
- goodbye tosomethingidiom
- impenetrably
- nail
- nohow
- not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom
- one in a millionidiom
- pig
- pigs might flyidiom
- unicorn