常用用法adv. (副詞)possibly的基本意思是“可能地”,這詞表示對某事不敢肯定或知道得不太清楚,多用於肯定句; 有時還作“無論如何”“不琯怎樣”“萬萬”解,多用於否定句。 possibly還可作“也許”“或許”解,也可指用來表示非常有禮貌地請別人做某事,提出要求。 possibly在肯定句裡多與may或will連用,在疑問句和否定句中多與can連用。 possibly是強化副詞,沒有比較等級。 返回 possibly詞語辨析adv. (副詞)possibly, maybe, perhaps, probably這四個詞都有“可能,或許”的意思。其區(qū)別是：1.probably指“多半”,其可能性超過一半; perhaps和maybe指“或許”,其可能性大致爲一半; possibly僅指“也許”“有可能”,其可能性低於一半。例如:Probably he will succeed.他很可能會成功。Perhaps〔maybe〕 he will succeed.他也許會成功。He will possibly succeed.他有可能成功。2.maybe比perhaps更口語化,且要用於句首; perhaps可用於句末、句中、句首; probably多用於句中。3.maybe和possibly可用於禮貌的建議或請求,另三個詞無此義。例如:Maybe you could move the chair.也許你可以挪動一下那張椅子。Could you possibly lend me 1000 yuan ?你能借給我1000元錢嗎?下麪兩句意思不同:They can't possibly come today.他們今天不可能來。They can't, possibly, come today.他們今天也許不能來。maybe，perhaps，possibly，probably這些副詞均有“或許、大概”之意。maybe普通用詞，美國英語多用，指某事也許如此，含不能確定意味。perhaps普通用詞，多用於英國，與maybe同義。possibly指客觀上潛存著發(fā)生某種變化的可能。probably一般指根據(jù)邏輯推理，估計有發(fā)生的可能，把握性較大，語氣比possibly強。 返回 possibly