词汇精选：possibly的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adv.

可能地，也许，大概

例句：

Do you think that he could possibly be right?

你觉得他有可能是对的吗？

例句：

They were smartly but casually dressed; possibly students.

他们衣着时尚，但很休闲，也许是学生。

二、词义辨析：

maybe,perhaps,possibly,probably

这些副词均有“或许，大概”之意。 maybe普通用词，美国英语多用。指某事也许如此，含不能确定意味。perhaps普通用词，多用于英国，与maybe同义。possibly指客观上潜存着发生某种变化的可能。probably一般指根据逻辑推理，估计有发生的可能，把握性较大，语气比possibly强。

三、参考例句：

Who could it possibly be

谁打来的？

Where could it possibly go

这些时间都用来干嘛了？

Nobody can possibly save such a smash.

没有人能救起这样的扣球。

What could possibly disturb such tranquility?

什么有可能会破坏这样的宁静呢？

By contrast, intelligence is possibly easier to quantify.

相对而言,智力也许比较容易用数量来衡量。

She was possibly the greatest writer of her generation.

她也许是她那时代最伟大的作家。

Do you think that he could possibly be right?

你觉得他有可能是对的吗？

My thought saltation has been possibly very quick.

可能我的思想跳跃太快了。

I could possibly give you two percent off list price.

我可以给你们报价的百分之二的折扣。

Without investigation there cannot possibly be any right to speak.

没有调查是不可能有发言权的。