mid-15c., "quality of being probable," from Old French probabilite (14c.) and directly from Latin probabilitatem (nominative probabilitas) "credibility, probability," from probabilis (see probable). Meaning "something likely to be true" is from 1570s; mathematical sense is from 1718.
雙語例句
1. Formal talks are still said to be a possibility, not a probability.
據(jù)稱正式會談仍有可能，但可能性不大。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The probability is that prices will rise rapidly.
物價有可能會迅速上升。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The probability that it will rain today is high.
今天下雨的可能性很大.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. In all probability, we shall be away for a month.