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Definition of possibly in English:

possibly

adverb ˈpɒsɪbliˈpɑsəbli
  • 1sentence adverb Perhaps (used to indicate doubt or hesitancy)

    用以表示怀疑或犹豫也许,或许,可能

    he found himself alone, possibly the only survivor

    他发觉他只有独自一人,或许是唯一一个生存下来的军官了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fact that he had none possibly indicated that he trusted his visitors.
    • He was clearly frightened, perhaps delirious and possibly even unaware of what was happening to him.
    • These messages possibly indicated the presence of severe mental health issues.
    • Common sense would indicate that the substance possibly was baby powder from a diaper change.
    • Only the bass line and six bars of melody had survived, possibly from the slow movement of a Trio Sonata.
    • Miss Lewis says doctors have told her that her father now has a 50 per cent chance, possibly less, of surviving the horrific injuries.
    • It is part of a vernacular literature that goes back unbroken to the fifth or sixth century, possibly earlier, and survives to this day.
    • He is now looking to diversify into tourism and possibly farming to survive until the ban is lifted.
    • The similarity between the transition states is large, indicating that possibly only a part of path space is sampled.
    • Nero, indeed, at one stage in his reign - possibly earlier, perhaps now - had been inclined to abandon Britain altogether.
    • If the paper had not been prepared for such a situation, it would possibly not have survived.
    • Maybe the cold coffee had heightened my senses, or possibly because it was a nice day more people were requesting drinks involving the blender.
    • Again the study of estrogen alone possibly preventing strokes continues.
    • I think the team they selected possibly indicated their own interest in the competition.
    • Which possibly indicates that he thinks several of the top restaurant owners in Australia have criminal records.
    • Perhaps it's anxiety, perhaps asthma, perhaps heart and possibly thyroid.
    • If it is, that would indicate that possibly the boy drowned in this pool.
    • A broken leg and nowhere to go, she could not possibly survive alone.
    • In addition to posing a strain on relationships, it can also indicate a possibly dangerous and life-threatening disease.
    Synonyms
    perhaps, maybe, it may/could be, it is possible, it is conceivable, for all one knows, feasibly, very likely
    hopefully, God willing
    Northern English happen
    literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply
    rare percase
    1. 1.1with modal Used in polite requests.
      用于有礼貌的请求能否
      could you possibly pour me another cup of tea?

      你能否给我再倒一杯茶?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Could I possibly come back just for one second because you did surprise me with going round that way?
      • She said it so politely that there was no way I could possibly argue.
      • However could you possibly indicate in the next issue that the book is available in all good bookshops.
      • She said that she was sorry for being late, and I tried to be as polite as I possibly could and told her that it was ok.
      • She tried to be as polite as she possibly could about matters without physically pushing away.
      Synonyms
      please, kindly, be so good as to
      by any chance, if possible
  • 2usually with modal In accordance with what is likely or achievable.

    根据可能或可企及事物,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They get more e-mail than they can possibly read, let alone respond to appropriately.
    • The increased scrutiny is likely to slow airport travel, possibly requiring airlines to curtail flights as the system is already taxed.
    • Men are possibly more likely to be unwilling to report it, and are much less likely to be believed if they do.
    • Well, if I were able to get it published, I'd likely be arrested, possibly beaten, and probably imprisoned.
    • Nothing I could feel, no bewilderment or fright, could possibly match theirs.
    • That, we would say, would be a very surprising result and one that the legislature could not possibly have intended.
    • Apparently, according to this report, I may be more likely to suffer from memory loss and possibly even brain shrinkage in my old age.
    • Could there possibly be any truth to what he had said?
    • I rest easy knowing that we likely got everything we possibly could have gotten.
    1. 2.1 Used to emphasize that one feels that something is surprising, or bewildering.
      强烈表示困难或吃惊究竟,到底
      what can you possibly mean?

      你到底是什么意思?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They doubted that he could possibly be looking for a pen in the dead of night.
      • According to political correspondents - and who could possibly doubt anything they would write?
      • She read one sentence and could hardly believe that such abomination could possibly exist let alone be described.
      • James asks how we can possibly indicate the difference between what is known, inferred, or imagined in a reconstruction.
      • Even when it appears there's nothing more you could possibly deposit into a handkerchief, your body surprises you once again.
      • So why am I telling you all this, I hear you ask, ruining surprise as it quite possibly may?
      • But that it now exists, and that I am conscious of it - by me at least who am conscious of it this cannot possibly be doubted.
      • A person who couldn't possibly have desires and doubts and unfulfilled longings.
      • But that move alone can't possibly be enough to account for the projected costs nearly doubling.
      • So, it cannot possibly come as a surprise when I got a message from an airline offering up a one day sale.
      • Her skin surprisingly was not dark, revealing she couldn't possibly be a native, not with blond hair and soft pale skin.
      • In this the 21st century how can there possibly be any doubt as to the damage wrought by smoking and passive smoking?
      • Surprised, Indra asked how many Indras there could possibly have been.
      • What can they possibly achieve by taking kids hostage?
      • Who can possibly take a realistic overview of the CDs that pour from labels large, small, and smaller still?
      • Could they possibly have been taken by such glaring, awful surprise?
      • Specifically, I was surprised that the article's author could possibly be so naive.
      Synonyms
      conceivably, under any circumstances, by any means, at all, in any way
    2. 2.2 Used to emphasize that someone has or will put all their effort into something.
      强调尽最大努力尽量,尽可能
      be as noisy as you possibly can

      尽量搞得吵闹一点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • During these sets, she works as hard as she possibly can, really emphasizing the negative phase of the movements.
      • All we can do is remember most everyone reading this is rich by comparison and we should contribute to the relief efforts if we possibly can.
      • No conceivable counter-measures effort could possibly have achieved more.
      • Now, I can relate to this because I went as far as I could possibly go without actually switching from the bank I've been with for 25 years.
      • We recycle as much as we possibly can, and make every effort to save valuable energy, such as the use of low energy light bulbs and hot water tank lagging.
      • I really would have to say now that it is about consolidating and it is about avoiding relegation and trying to achieve the best we possibly can.
      • That determination to make yourself as good as you can possibly be and achieve as much as you can.
      • So what we'll do is prioritize our effort and do as much repair as we possibly can on those most vulnerable portions of the levees.
      • I could not possibly emphasize more how awkward this is.
      • It simply compromises on quality as piracy is all about quantity and reaping as much profits as possibly can from the tireless efforts of artists.
      • Our aim - the aim of all of us - should be to make these efforts as successful and productive as we possibly can.

Definition of possibly in US English:

possibly

adverbˈpäsəblēˈpɑsəbli
  • 1sentence adverb Perhaps (used to indicate doubt or hesitancy)

    用以表示怀疑或犹豫也许,或许,可能

    he found himself alone, possibly the only surviving officer

    他发觉他只有独自一人,或许是唯一一个生存下来的军官了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the paper had not been prepared for such a situation, it would possibly not have survived.
    • Nero, indeed, at one stage in his reign - possibly earlier, perhaps now - had been inclined to abandon Britain altogether.
    • Perhaps it's anxiety, perhaps asthma, perhaps heart and possibly thyroid.
    • Common sense would indicate that the substance possibly was baby powder from a diaper change.
    • Again the study of estrogen alone possibly preventing strokes continues.
    • Only the bass line and six bars of melody had survived, possibly from the slow movement of a Trio Sonata.
    • He was clearly frightened, perhaps delirious and possibly even unaware of what was happening to him.
    • It is part of a vernacular literature that goes back unbroken to the fifth or sixth century, possibly earlier, and survives to this day.
    • Which possibly indicates that he thinks several of the top restaurant owners in Australia have criminal records.
    • In addition to posing a strain on relationships, it can also indicate a possibly dangerous and life-threatening disease.
    • The similarity between the transition states is large, indicating that possibly only a part of path space is sampled.
    • These messages possibly indicated the presence of severe mental health issues.
    • The fact that he had none possibly indicated that he trusted his visitors.
    • He is now looking to diversify into tourism and possibly farming to survive until the ban is lifted.
    • Miss Lewis says doctors have told her that her father now has a 50 per cent chance, possibly less, of surviving the horrific injuries.
    • If it is, that would indicate that possibly the boy drowned in this pool.
    • I think the team they selected possibly indicated their own interest in the competition.
    • Maybe the cold coffee had heightened my senses, or possibly because it was a nice day more people were requesting drinks involving the blender.
    • A broken leg and nowhere to go, she could not possibly survive alone.
    Synonyms
    perhaps, maybe, it could be, it may be, it is possible, it is conceivable, for all one knows, feasibly, very likely
    1. 1.1with modal Used in polite requests.
      用于有礼貌的请求能否
      could you possibly pour me another cup of coffee?

      你能否给我再倒一杯茶?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She said that she was sorry for being late, and I tried to be as polite as I possibly could and told her that it was ok.
      • She tried to be as polite as she possibly could about matters without physically pushing away.
      • Could I possibly come back just for one second because you did surprise me with going round that way?
      • She said it so politely that there was no way I could possibly argue.
      • However could you possibly indicate in the next issue that the book is available in all good bookshops.
      Synonyms
      please, kindly, be so good as to
  • 2usually with modal In accordance with what is likely or achievable.

    根据可能或可企及事物,尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The increased scrutiny is likely to slow airport travel, possibly requiring airlines to curtail flights as the system is already taxed.
    • Men are possibly more likely to be unwilling to report it, and are much less likely to be believed if they do.
    • They get more e-mail than they can possibly read, let alone respond to appropriately.
    • Well, if I were able to get it published, I'd likely be arrested, possibly beaten, and probably imprisoned.
    • Nothing I could feel, no bewilderment or fright, could possibly match theirs.
    • Could there possibly be any truth to what he had said?
    • That, we would say, would be a very surprising result and one that the legislature could not possibly have intended.
    • I rest easy knowing that we likely got everything we possibly could have gotten.
    • Apparently, according to this report, I may be more likely to suffer from memory loss and possibly even brain shrinkage in my old age.
    1. 2.1 Used to emphasize that something is difficult, surprising, or bewildering.
      强烈表示困难或吃惊究竟,到底
      what can you possibly mean?

      你到底是什么意思?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • James asks how we can possibly indicate the difference between what is known, inferred, or imagined in a reconstruction.
      • Who can possibly take a realistic overview of the CDs that pour from labels large, small, and smaller still?
      • In this the 21st century how can there possibly be any doubt as to the damage wrought by smoking and passive smoking?
      • A person who couldn't possibly have desires and doubts and unfulfilled longings.
      • She read one sentence and could hardly believe that such abomination could possibly exist let alone be described.
      • They doubted that he could possibly be looking for a pen in the dead of night.
      • Specifically, I was surprised that the article's author could possibly be so naive.
      • But that it now exists, and that I am conscious of it - by me at least who am conscious of it this cannot possibly be doubted.
      • But that move alone can't possibly be enough to account for the projected costs nearly doubling.
      • What can they possibly achieve by taking kids hostage?
      • Surprised, Indra asked how many Indras there could possibly have been.
      • Could they possibly have been taken by such glaring, awful surprise?
      • According to political correspondents - and who could possibly doubt anything they would write?
      • So why am I telling you all this, I hear you ask, ruining surprise as it quite possibly may?
      • So, it cannot possibly come as a surprise when I got a message from an airline offering up a one day sale.
      • Her skin surprisingly was not dark, revealing she couldn't possibly be a native, not with blond hair and soft pale skin.
      • Even when it appears there's nothing more you could possibly deposit into a handkerchief, your body surprises you once again.
      Synonyms
      conceivably, under any circumstances, by any means, at all, in any way
    2. 2.2 Used to emphasize that someone has or will put all their effort into something.
      强调尽最大努力尽量,尽可能
      be as noisy as you possibly can

      尽量搞得吵闹一点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now, I can relate to this because I went as far as I could possibly go without actually switching from the bank I've been with for 25 years.
      • During these sets, she works as hard as she possibly can, really emphasizing the negative phase of the movements.
      • Our aim - the aim of all of us - should be to make these efforts as successful and productive as we possibly can.
      • I really would have to say now that it is about consolidating and it is about avoiding relegation and trying to achieve the best we possibly can.
      • So what we'll do is prioritize our effort and do as much repair as we possibly can on those most vulnerable portions of the levees.
      • All we can do is remember most everyone reading this is rich by comparison and we should contribute to the relief efforts if we possibly can.
      • We recycle as much as we possibly can, and make every effort to save valuable energy, such as the use of low energy light bulbs and hot water tank lagging.
      • It simply compromises on quality as piracy is all about quantity and reaping as much profits as possibly can from the tireless efforts of artists.
      • That determination to make yourself as good as you can possibly be and achieve as much as you can.
      • No conceivable counter-measures effort could possibly have achieved more.
      • I could not possibly emphasize more how awkward this is.
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