possible

1. ADJ If it is possible to do something, it can be done. (做某事) 可能的

If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we will. 如果有可能找到你哥哥的下落，我們會找的。

Everything is possible if we want it enough. 如果我們非常想要的話，任何事都是有可能的。

2. ADJ A possible event is one that might happen. 可能 (發(fā)生) 的

He referred the matter to the attorney general for possible action against several newspapers. 他將此事交給首席檢察官處理，以求可能訴訟幾家報社。

One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action. 如果其他方案都不行，一個可能的解決辦法就是提起訴訟。

3. ADJ If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be. 可能 (真實) 的[v-link ADJ] [含糊]

It is possible that there's an explanation for all this. 這一切可能真有個解釋。

4. ADJ If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can. 盡可能的 (早、多等)['as' adv/pron 'as' ADJ]

Please make your decision as soon as possible. 請盡可能快地出你們的決定。

Mrs. Pollard decided to learn as much as possible about the country before going there. 波拉德夫人決定盡可能多地了解那個國家后再去那兒。

5. ADJ You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind. 和形容詞最高級連用，表示“最…不過”[強調(diào)]

They have joined the job market at the worst possible time. 他們在一個最遭糕不過的時候進入了職場。

We expressed in the clearest possible way our disappointment, hurt, and anger. 我們以最清晰不過的方式表達了我們的失望、傷痛和憤怒。

6. ADJ If you describe someone as, for example, a possible governor, you mean that they could be elected as governor. 可能 (當選) 的[ADJ n]

Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr. Lawrence. 各官方消息源現(xiàn)在正公開地推測繼勞倫斯博士之任的可能人選。

7. N-COUNT Possible is also a noun. 可能的人

Kennedy, who divorced wife Joan in 1982, was tipped as a presidential possible. 1982年和妻子瓊離婚的肯尼迪被認為最可能成為總統(tǒng)人選。

8. N-SING The possible is everything that can be done in a situation. 可能的事

He is a Democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible. 作為民主黨人，他有著技巧、膽量和智謀來利用一切可能性。