improbably

英

美

adv.  未必然地,不像真实地

BNC.21410 / COCA.21769

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不大可能的;未必会(发生)的
  Something that isimprobableis unlikely to be true or to happen.
  1. ...a highly improbable coincidence...
     几率非常小的巧合
  2. It seems improbable that this year's figure will fall much below last year's 75,000.
     看来今年的数字不大可能比去年的 75,000 差太多。
• ADJ-GRADED 奇异的;荒谬的
  If you describe something asimprobable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous.
  1. On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.
     表面上看,他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。
  2. ...her improbable accent.
     她奇怪的口音

英英释义

adv

• not easy to believe
  1. behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
  Synonym:incrediblyimplausiblyunbelievably

双语例句

• Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now.
  他恐怕从来没有象此时这样看清他自己&这样说大概没有什么不要。
• But suddenly, improbably, one day the long-steed surged into action.
  然而，有一天，那马突然跑动起来了。
• Those improbably large gains come largely from increasing sales in underserved markets.
  这些似乎不太现实的大幅增长主要来自于服务水平较低的市场的销售增长。
• Cheating among the students seemed to be rampant as an improbably large proportion of them reported rolling high numbers.
  在这项实验中，作弊的同学看上去有很多，因为他们大多数都报了一个很高的数字。
• But the accompaniments might be from the Middle East ( chickpeas and bulgur) or Asia ( daikon, the east Asian radish, turned improbably into sauerkraut) or a gourmet fruit stand ( pomegranates, pink grapefruit).
  但配餐可能来自中东（鹰嘴豆和干麦片）或亚洲（日本萝卜，一种东亚的萝卜，被奇异地做成了酸菜）或美食者的水果盆（石榴，粉红葡萄柚）。
• We would instead travel with new cycling companions: four Frenchmen and a Swiss, all old friends from Hong Kong, and one strapping Englishman who, improbably, turned out to be my old statistics professor from university.
  我们只好与新同伴一起骑车旅行：4个法国人和一个瑞士人，均是来自香港的旧识；还有一个身材魁梧的英国人，令人难以置信的是，他竟然是我以前的大学统计教授。
• So even if the European Council was able to agree on such an improbably ambitious agenda, its leaders would have to continue to outdo themselves for months and years to come.
  因此，即使欧洲理事会能就这一志比天高的议程达成一致，欧洲领导人在今后几月乃至几年内也将不得不继续拿出更具雄心的措施。
• Recently, this prehistoric food has improbably become a trend beverage, ranking with green juice and coconut water as the next magic potion in the eternal quest for perfect health.
  最近，这种史前食物不可思议地成为一种流行饮品，和蔬菜汁、椰汁一起，成为人类在不断追求完美健康的道路上发现的新魔力药水。
• Improbably, a year later, the programme is decidedly unpopular.
  难以置信的是，在一年后的今天，该计划显然已经不受欢迎了。
• Improbably, he survived, but he exhibited stark behavioral changes& becoming detached and irreverent, though never criminal.
  令人不可思议地是，他活了下来，但是他的行为却和以前大不一样&他变得冷漠无礼，即便没有成为罪犯。