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ADJ
做得到的;能實現的
If it is possible to do something, it can be done.
例句
If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall...
如果能找出你兄弟在哪兒,我們就會去找。
Everything is possible if we want it enough...
只要我們有足夠的信念,任何事情都是有可能的。
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ADJ
可能(發生)的
A possible event is one that might happen.
例句
He referred the matter to the Attorney General for possible action against several newspapers...
他把對幾家報紙可能提起訴訟的事宜提交首席檢察官來處理。
Her family is discussing a possible move to America...
她的家人在討論移居美國的可能。
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ADJ-GRADED
可能的;也許的
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.
例句
It is possible that there's an explanation for all this...
也許,對于所有這一切,會有一種解釋。
It was possible that Harry himself did not know what he had intended to do.
可能哈里本人都不清楚自己意欲何為。
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ADJ
盡可能的
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.
例句
Please make your decision as soon as possible...
請盡快作決定。
I want to learn as much as possible about the industry so that I'm better prepared...
我想盡可能多學一些關于這個行業的知識,讓自己更有備無患。
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ADJ
(與形容詞最高級連用,表示強調)最…的
You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind.
例句
They have joined the job market at the worst possible time...
他們在最不景氣的時候進入了就業市場。
We expressed in the clearest possible way our disappointment, hurt and anger...
我們清楚明白地表達了我們的失望、傷心和憤怒。
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ADJ
如果可能的話;要是有可能的話
You use possible in expressions such as 'if possible' and 'if at all possible' when stating a wish or intention, to show that although this is what you really want, you may have to accept something different.
例句
I need to see you, right away if possible.
我要見你,如果可能,馬上。
...the moral duty to uphold peace if at all possible.
只要有可能就應維護和平的道義責任
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ADJ
可能當選的
If you describe someone as, for example, a possible Prime Minister, you mean that they may become Prime Minister.
例句
Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr Lawrence...
官方消息人士在公開推測誰有可能成為接任勞倫斯博士的人選。
Bradley has been considered a possible presidential contender himself.
布拉德利本人就被認為是總統職位的有力競爭者。
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N-SING
可能;可能(做)的事
The possible is everything that can be done in a situation.
例句
He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
他是一個手腕高超、富有膽識、足智多謀的民主黨人,能夠讓不可能的事成為可能。