possible /ˈpɒsɪbəl/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (possibles)

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  ADJ（形容词） 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。

• 2.  

  ADJ（形容词） 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。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） 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（形容词） 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。

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  ADJ（形容词） 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。

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  ADJ（形容词） 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。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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。

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  N-SING（单数型名词） 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。