Picture the scales tipping to one side before anything has actually happened: it has not been decided, but this is the way it looks like going. English keeps that judgement as a description of the outcome, and also lets it name the person the scales are tipping towards.
可以想成：事情還沒發生，但天平已經偏向其中一邊——沒有定案，只是看起來會往這邊走。英文一方面用它形容那個「看起來會發生」的結果，另一方面也拿它來稱呼天平正偏向的那個人。
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
probableadj/ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/
- 1
Likely or most likely to be true.
- It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
- The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- 2
Likely to happen.
- With all the support we have, success is looking probable.
- 3
Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
- probable evidence
- From an examination of the Teutonic words for "temple" Grimm has made it probable that amongst the Germans the oldest sanctuaries were natural woods.
- 4
obsoleteCapable of being proved.
probablenoun/ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/
- 1
Something that is likely.
- Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.
- 2
A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。