improbable

1. ADJ Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen. 不大可能的

Ordered arrangements of large groups of atoms and molecules are highly improbable. 大的原子群和分子群的有序排列是極不可能的。

2. improbabilityN-VAR 不可能性

...the improbability of such an outcome. …這種結(jié)果的不可能性。

3. ADJ If you describe something as improbable, you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous. 奇異的; 荒謬的

On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance. 從表麪上看，他們的婚姻似乎是一個(gè)荒謬的結(jié)郃。

4. improbablyADV 奇異地; 荒謬地

The sea is an improbably pale turquoise. 那片海是不尋常的淡綠松石色。