英语词汇“improbable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

improbable

/ɪmˈprɒbəb(ə)l

adjective

1Not likely to be true or to happen: this account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable...

No flight of fancy was too improbable, no wild accusation too unlikely.
Well, it's a theory, an improbable one, but harmless fun to contemplate.
What follows in the film is one improbable set-up after another, until it ends with the most ludicrous ending ever.

Synonyms

unlikely, not likely, doubtful, dubious, debatable, questionable, uncertain;

difficult to believe, implausible, far-fetched, fanciful;

unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unimagined, incredible

1.1Unexpected and apparently inauthentic: the characters have improbable names...

A chap by the improbable name of Monty Nebinger emails to offer his services.
I have a neat piece of software with the improbable name of Delicious Library.
The trainer of the Queen's pigeons, an East Anglian with the improbable name of Carlo Napolitano, was at Sun City.

Synonyms

inauthentic, unconvincing, unbelievable, incredible, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous;

contrived, laboured, strained, forced

informal hard to swallow

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin improbabilis 'hard to prove', from in- 'not' + probabilis (see probable).

单词	improbable
释义	improbable /ɪmˈprɒbəb(ə)l / adjective 1Not likely to be true or to happen: this account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable... No flight of fancy was too improbable, no wild accusation too unlikely. Well, it's a theory, an improbable one, but harmless fun to contemplate. What follows in the film is one improbable set-up after another, until it ends with the most ludicrous ending ever. Synonyms unlikely, not likely, doubtful, dubious, debatable, questionable, uncertain; difficult to believe, implausible, far-fetched, fanciful; unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unimagined, incredible 1.1Unexpected and apparently inauthentic: the characters have improbable names... A chap by the improbable name of Monty Nebinger emails to offer his services. I have a neat piece of software with the improbable name of Delicious Library. The trainer of the Queen's pigeons, an East Anglian with the improbable name of Carlo Napolitano, was at Sun City. Synonyms inauthentic, unconvincing, unbelievable, incredible, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous; contrived, laboured, strained, forced informal hard to swallow Origin Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin improbabilis 'hard to prove', from in- 'not' + probabilis (see probable).
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