probability n. 1.或有;或然性。 2.【哲學】蓋然性〔在 certainly 和 doubt 或 posibility 之間〕。 3.【數學】幾率,概率,或然率。 4.或有的事;可能的結果。 5.〔pl.〕〔美俚〕天氣預測。 What are the probabilities 有幾分把握? The probabilities are against us [in our favour]. 趨勢對我們好像不利[有利]。 hit probability 命中率。 in all probability 很可能,大概,多半,十之八九。 probability of (missile survival) (飛彈不被擊落的)概率。 The probability is that ... 大概是…,很可能是…。 There is every probability of [that] ... 多半有,多半會。 There is no probability of [that] ... 很難有,很難會。