improbable

US [ɪmˈprɑbəb(ə)l]
UK [ɪmˈprɒbəb(ə)l]
  • adj.不大可能真实的（或发生的）；不大可能的；奇异的；荒谬的
  • Web不可能的；不大可能发生的；未必有的

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improbable
adj.
1.
不大可能真实的（或发生的）；不大可能的not likely to be true or to happen
an improbable story
大概不是真实的故事
It all sounded highly improbable .
一切听上去很荒唐。
It seems improbable that the current situation will continue.
当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。
2.
奇异的；荒谬的seeming strange because it is not what you would expect
Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
她的头发带有怪怪的黄色。

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AllAll,不大可能真实的不大可能真实的,不大可能的不大可能的,奇异的奇异的,荒谬的荒谬的,不可能的不可能的,不大可能发生的不大可能发生的,未必有的未必有的
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1.
But who can rule out the notion that the most improbable alternative might be the only one possible?
但说不定最离奇的选择反而却是唯一的答案呢；谁也不能排除这种可能性。
dàn shuō bu dìng zuì lí qí de xuǎn zé fǎn ér què shì wéi yī de dá àn ne ; shuí yě bù néng pái chú zhè zhǒng kě néng xìng 。
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2.
Knowing Io Welland as he had, he deemed it very improbable that she had even so much as mentioned him to any of her friends.
就他了解的韦兰*爱娥，他认为她不大可能，向她的任何一个朋友提到他。
jiù tā liǎo jiě de wéi lán xīng hào ài é , tā rèn wéi tā bú dà kě néng , xiàng tā de rèn hé yī gè péng yǒu tí dào tā 。
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3.
Oregon State now was beginning to roll. They swept through the Super Regionals the next week to punch their improbable return trip to Omaha.
俄勒冈州队开始波动了。他们下一个周横扫了超级地区联队，从此开始了他们重返奥马哈的征途。
é lè gāng zhōu duì kāi shǐ bō dòng le 。 tā men xià yī gè zhōu héng sǎo le chāo jí dì qū lián duì , cóng cǐ kāi shǐ le tā men chóng fǎn ào mǎ hā de zhēng tú 。
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4.
He had not lived to see the remarkable fruit of his own improbable journey westward.
他没能活着看到他自己的那一次难以置信的西行旅程所结出的非凡果实。
tā méi néng huó zhe kàn dào tā zì jǐ de nà yī cì nán yǐ zhì xìn de xī xíng lǚ chéng suǒ jié chū de fēi fán guǒ shí 。
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5.
Among these details the reader will encounter two or three improbable circumstances, which we preserve out of respect for the truth.
在那些细微的情节里，读者将遇见两三处似乎不可能真有其事的经过，但是我们为了尊重事实，仍旧保存下来。
zài nà xiē xì wēi de qíng jié lǐ , dú zhě jiāng yù jiàn liǎng sān chù sì hū bù kě néng zhēn yǒu qí shì de jīng guò , dàn shì wǒ men wèi le zūn zhòng shì shí , réng jiù bǎo cún xià lái 。
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6.
There is nothing intrinsically improbable about this incident, which is stamped indeed, with all the marks of literary truth.
这些事情本身没有任何不可能的因素，它印记着文学真实性的一切特征。
zhè xiē shì qíng běn shēn méi yǒu rèn hé bù kě néng de yīn sù , tā yìn jì zhe wén xué zhēn shí xìng de yí qiè tè zhēng 。
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7.
A man who suffered concussion after diving into a shallow pool has made a seemingly improbable discovery: it made him a musical genius.
美国一名男子在一个较浅的游泳池跳水导致脑震荡，之后却意外发现这起事故使他成为了音乐天才。
měi guó yī míng nán zǐ zài yī gè jiào qiǎn de yóu yǒng chí tiào shuǐ dǎo zhì nǎo zhèn dàng , zhī hòu què yì wài fā xiàn zhè qǐ shì gù shǐ tā chéng wèi le yīn yuè tiān cái 。
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8.
A woman with a cast on her left arm struggled along in improbable heels, while another had only a huge blue teddy bear for luggage.
一个妇女背着与自己完全不成比例的大包，而另一个只是带着一个大大的玩具熊。
yī gè fù nǚ bēi zhe yǔ zì jǐ wán quán bù chéng bǐ lì de dà bāo , ér lìng yī gè zhǐ shì dài zhe yī gè dà dà de wán jù xióng 。
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9.
Good. Then I shall attempt the impossible -- or at least the improbable.
很好。那我应该来挑战下这个不可能--至少看上去是不太可能的事。
hěn hǎo 。 nà wǒ yīng gāi lái tiǎo zhàn xià zhè ge bù kě néng -- zhì shǎo kàn shàng qù shì bù tài kě néng de shì 。
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10.
It is the result of a cutting-edge computational process and people's responses to it are just as improbable.
它是顶级计算机处理的结果，人们对这个杰作的反应是：太不可思议了。
tā shì dǐng jí jì suàn jī chǔ lǐ de jié guǒ , rén men duì zhè ge jié zuò de fǎn yìng shì : tài bù kě sī yì le 。
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