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可能性,可能的事

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Possibility \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Possibilities}. [F.
   possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.]
   1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of
      happening, being, or existing. ``All possibility of
      error.'' --Hooker. ``Latent possibilities of excellence.''
      --Johnson.

   2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event
      that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or
      personal estate. --South. Burrill.

资料来源 : WordNet®

possibility
     n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great
          possibilities"
     2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is
        a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
        [syn: {possibleness}] [ant: {impossibility}]
     3: a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that
        is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain
        facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives
        experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he
        proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted
        in chemical practices" [syn: {hypothesis}, {theory}]
     4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
        [syn: {possible action}, {opening}]