| 词组 | possible - possibly |
| 释义 | possible - possibly ◊ 'possible' Possible is an adjective. If something is possible, it can be done or achieved. It is possible for us to measure his progress. A breakthrough may be possible next year. Possible is often used in expressions such as 'as soon as possible' and 'as much as possible'. If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. Go as soon as possible. I like to know as much as possible about my patients. He sat as far away from the others as possible. Note that you do not say that someone does something 'as soon as possibly' or 'as much as possibly'. You also use possible to say that something may be true or correct. It is possible that he said these things. That's one possible answer. ◊ 'possibly' Possibly is an adverb. You use possibly to indicate that you are not sure about something. Television is possibly to blame for this. The threat was possibly not very great. For a graded list of words used to say how sure you are about something, see section on probability in entry at ↑ You also use possibly when you are asking someone to do something in a very polite way. For example, you say 'Could you possibly give me a lift to town?' Could you possibly find a moment to tell them I'll be in on Saturday. For more information about requests, see entry at ↑ |
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