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improbable

adjective
🔊/ɪmˈprɒbəbl/
🔊/ɪmˈprɑːbəbl/
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  1. not likely to be true or to happen不大可能真实的（或发生的）；不大可能的 synonym unlikely
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • improbable that… It seems improbable that the current situation will continue.当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。🔊🔊
    opposite probable
    Extra Examples
    • These new facts make the theory improbable.这些新的事实使这一理论变得不可信了。
    • a wildly improbable idea荒谬之极的想法
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  2. seeming strange because it is not what you would expect奇异的；荒谬的 synonym unexpected
    • Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.她的头发带有怪怪的黄色。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin improbabilis ‘hard to prove’, from in- ‘not’ + probabilis, from probare ‘to test, demonstrate’.