possibly 音标拼音: [p'ɑsəbli]
ad . 尽可能地;也许
尽可能地;也许
possibly adv 1 :
by chance ; "
perhaps she will call tomorrow "; "
we may possibly run into them at the concert "; "
it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time "
[
synonym : {
possibly }, {
perchance }, {
perhaps }, {
maybe },
{
mayhap }, {
peradventure }]
2 :
to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means ;
"
they can '
t possibly get here in time for the funeral ?" [
ant :
{
impossibly }]
Possibly \
Pos "
si *
bly \,
adv .
In a possible manner ;
by possible means ;
especially ,
by extreme ,
remote ,
or improbable intervention ,
change ,
or exercise of power ;
by a chance ;
perhaps ;
as ,
possibly he may recover .
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Can we . . .
possibly his love desert ? --
Milton .
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When possibly I can ,
I will return . --
Shak .
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May \
May \ (
m [=
a ]),
v . [
imp . {
Might } (
m [
imac ]
t )] [
AS .
pres .
maeg I am able ,
pret .
meahte ,
mihte ;
akin to D .
mogen ,
G .
m ["
o ]
gen ,
OHG .
mugan ,
magan ,
Icel .
mega ,
Goth .
magan ,
Russ .
moche . [
root ]
103 .
Cf . {
Dismay }, {
Main }
strength , {
Might }.
The old imp .
mought is obsolete ,
except as a provincial word .]
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb ,
by expressing :
(
a )
Ability ,
competency ,
or possibility ; --
now oftener expressed by {
can }.
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How may a man ,
said he ,
with idle speech ,
Be won to spoil the castle of his health !
--
Spenser .
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For what he [
the king ]
may do is of two kinds ;
what he may do as just ,
and what he may do as possible .
--
Bacon .
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these : "
It might have been ."
--
Whittier .
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(
b )
Liberty ;
permission ;
allowance .
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Thou mayst be no longer steward . --
Luke xvi .
2 .
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(
c )
Contingency or liability ;
possibility or probability .
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Though what he learns he speaks ,
and may advance Some general maxims ,
or be right by chance . --
Pope .
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(
d )
Modesty ,
courtesy ,
or concession ,
or a desire to soften a question or remark .
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How old may Phillis be ,
you ask . --
Prior .
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(
e )
Desire or wish ,
as in prayer ,
imprecation ,
benediction ,
and the like . "
May you live happily ." --
Dryden .
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{
May be }, & {
It may be },
are used as equivalent to {
possibly }, {
perhaps }, {
maybe }, {
by chance },
{
peradventure }.
See 1st {
Maybe }.
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