關於 probable possible ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

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「たぶん」＝「Maybe」が口癖になっていませんか？
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日本語では「たぶん」も「おそらく」もどちらも同じように使うため、どんな場面でも「Maybe」で表現している日本人が多いような気がします。しかし、実はネイティブは可能性の高さに合わせて「Maybe」「Probably」「Possibly」を使い分けています。そこまで厳密に使い分ける必要はありませんが、使用する「たぶん」によって相手に与える印象が違ってくるので、使い分けをしっかり覚えておきましょう。
　
　
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1) Maybe
→「多分 / かもしれない / もしかすると（可能性：30%～50%）」
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日本人が最もよく使うMaybeは五分五分を意味するため、どちらの可能性もあるという場合や、YES/NOがはっきり言えない・言いたくない場合などに使われ、自分がコントロールできないことを推測するニュアンスが含まれます。また、個人差もありますが、これまでの経験上、「Do you want to go running tomorrow?（明日ランニング行かない？）」のように友達をランニングに誘った際、「Maybe」と返答されたら、来るより来ない可能性の方が高いです。（笑）誘いに対してのMaybeは間接的に「No」と言っているように私は個人的に捉えており、実際に参加することはあまり期待していません。
　
✔ビジネスシーンでも使うことができるが、若干カジュアルな響きがあるため重要な場での使用は避けた方が無難。
　
✔PerhapsもMaybeと同じ意味合いを持つが、MaybeよりPerhapsの方がフォーマルな響きがある。
　
＜例文＞
　
It’s getting cloudy. Maybe we should bring an umbrella.
（曇ってきたね。傘を持って行った方がいいかもしれない。）
　
You’re going to the concert too? Maybe I’ll see you there.
（あなたもコンサートに行くの？じゃぁ、会えるかもしれないね。）
　
〜会話例〜

A: Are you going to the party tomorrow?
（明日のパーティーに行くの？）

B: Maybe, it depends on what time I finish my work tomorrow.
（まだ分かんない。仕事次第だね。）
　
　
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2) Probably
→「十中八九高い確率で / きっと（可能性：50%以上）」
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Probablyは、Probable（起りそうな）という言葉から来ている通り、確実性や可能性が高い場合に使います。特に過去の経験や情報など何かしらの根拠があるうえで推測する場合に用いられます。例えば、いつも遅れて来る友達だったら、「He's probably going to be late for dinner.（食事に遅れて来るでしょう）」、ワールドカップで毎回優勝候補のチームはアルゼンチンかブラジルなので、「Argentina or Brazil will probably win the World Cup next year.（来年はアルゼンチンかブラジルがワールドカップを優勝するでしょう）」という具合に使います。
　
＜例文＞
　
The sky is getting dark, so it will probably rain today.
（空が暗くなってきたので、恐らく雨が降るでしょう。）
　
I am probably going to the party tonight, though I have to double check with my husband.
（主人にもう一度確認しないといけないけど、今夜のパーティーは行くと思うわ。）
　
〜会話例〜

A: Do you think Anne will like our gift?
（アンはプレゼントを気に入ってくれるかな？）

B: Probably, since she loves ponies.
（馬が大好きなんだし、きっと気に入ってくれるさ！）
　
　
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3) Possibly
→「もしかすると / ひょっとしたら（可能性：50%以下）」
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PossiblyはMaybeと同様、可能性が五分五分のニュアンスがありますが、どちらかと言うと躊躇いや確信度が低いことを示す場合に用いられます。またMaybeと比べると、Possiblyの方が若干フォーマルな響きがあるため、上司やクライアントと話しをする場合はPossiblyを使う方がスマートに聞こえます。
　
✔Possiblyは、Possible（可能性）の副詞であるため、何かが起こり得る・起こり得ない“可能性”を指す。しかし、日常会話では“可能性が低い（50%以下）”として解釈される。
　
＜例文＞
　
〜会話例１〜

A: Are you going to the conference tomorrow?
（明日のカンファレンスは行きますか？）

B: Possibly, it depends on what time I finish my work tomorrow.
（行くかもしれませんが、仕事次第なので、まだはっきり分かりません。）
　
〜会話例２〜

A: Do you think Katie and Rob will have another child?
（ケイティとロブはもう一人子供を作ると思う？）

B: Possibly, though they seem very busy with 2 already.
（かもしれないね。でも、すでに二人子供がいて、忙しそうだよ。）
　
〜会話例３〜

A: Do you think the team will win tomorrow?
（明日の試合は勝つかな？）

B: Possibly, though their opposition is quite strong too.
（ひょっとするとね。でも、対戦相手もかなり強そうだよ。）
　
　
　
　
　
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「たぶん」＝「Maybe」が口癖になっていませんか？
=================================
　
日本語では「たぶん」も「おそらく」もどちらも同じように使うため、どんな場面でも「Maybe」で表現している日本人が多いような気がします。しかし、実はネイティブは可能性の高さに合わせて「Maybe」「Probably」「Possibly」を使い分けています。そこまで厳密に使い分ける必要はありませんが、使用する「たぶん」によって相手に与える印象が違ってくるので、使い分けをしっかり覚えておきましょう。
　
　
--------------------------------------------------
1) Maybe
→「多分 / かもしれない / もしかすると（可能性：30%～50%）」
--------------------------------------------------
　
日本人が最もよく使うMaybeは五分五分を意味するため、どちらの可能性もあるという場合や、YES/NOがはっきり言えない・言いたくない場合などに使われ、自分がコントロールできないことを推測するニュアンスが含まれます。また、個人差もありますが、これまでの経験上、「Do you want to go running tomorrow?（明日ランニング行かない？）」のように友達をランニングに誘った際、「Maybe」と返答されたら、来るより来ない可能性の方が高いです。（笑）誘いに対してのMaybeは間接的に「No」と言っているように私は個人的に捉えており、実際に参加することはあまり期待していません。
　
✔ビジネスシーンでも使うことができるが、若干カジュアルな響きがあるため重要な場での使用は避けた方が無難。
　
✔PerhapsもMaybeと同じ意味合いを持つが、MaybeよりPerhapsの方がフォーマルな響きがある。
　
＜例文＞
　
It’s getting cloudy. Maybe we should bring an umbrella.
（曇ってきたね。傘を持って行った方がいいかもしれない。）
　
You’re going to the concert too? Maybe I’ll see you there.
（あなたもコンサートに行くの？じゃぁ、会えるかもしれないね。）
　
〜会話例〜

A: Are you going to the party tomorrow?
（明日のパーティーに行くの？）

B: Maybe, it depends on what time I finish my work tomorrow.
（まだ分かんない。仕事次第だね。）
　
　
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2) Probably
→「十中八九高い確率で / きっと（可能性：50%以上）」
--------------------------------------------------
　
Probablyは、Probable（起りそうな）という言葉から来ている通り、確実性や可能性が高い場合に使います。特に過去の経験や情報など何かしらの根拠があるうえで推測する場合に用いられます。例えば、いつも遅れて来る友達だったら、「He's probably going to be late for dinner.（食事に遅れて来るでしょう）」、ワールドカップで毎回優勝候補のチームはアルゼンチンかブラジルなので、「Argentina or Brazil will probably win the World Cup next year.（来年はアルゼンチンかブラジルがワールドカップを優勝するでしょう）」という具合に使います。
　
＜例文＞
　
The sky is getting dark, so it will probably rain today.
（空が暗くなってきたので、恐らく雨が降るでしょう。）
　
I am probably going to the party tonight, though I have to double check with my husband.
（主人にもう一度確認しないといけないけど、今夜のパーティーは行くと思うわ。）
　
〜会話例〜

A: Do you think Anne will like our gift?
（アンはプレゼントを気に入ってくれるかな？）

B: Probably, since she loves ponies.
（馬が大好きなんだし、きっと気に入ってくれるさ！）
　
　
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3) Possibly
→「もしかすると / ひょっとしたら（可能性：50%以下）」
--------------------------------------------------
　
PossiblyはMaybeと同様、可能性が五分五分のニュアンスがありますが、どちらかと言うと躊躇いや確信度が低いことを示す場合に用いられます。またMaybeと比べると、Possiblyの方が若干フォーマルな響きがあるため、上司やクライアントと話しをする場合はPossiblyを使う方がスマートに聞こえます。
　
✔Possiblyは、Possible（可能性）の副詞であるため、何かが起こり得る・起こり得ない“可能性”を指す。しかし、日常会話では“可能性が低い（50%以下）”として解釈される。
　
＜例文＞
　
〜会話例１〜

A: Are you going to the conference tomorrow?
（明日のカンファレンスは行きますか？）

B: Possibly, it depends on what time I finish my work tomorrow.
（行くかもしれませんが、仕事次第なので、まだはっきり分かりません。）
　
〜会話例２〜

A: Do you think Katie and Rob will have another child?
（ケイティとロブはもう一人子供を作ると思う？）

B: Possibly, though they seem very busy with 2 already.
（かもしれないね。でも、すでに二人子供がいて、忙しそうだよ。）
　
〜会話例３〜

A: Do you think the team will win tomorrow?
（明日の試合は勝つかな？）

B: Possibly, though their opposition is quite strong too.
（ひょっとするとね。でも、対戦相手もかなり強そうだよ。）
　
　
　
　
　
～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～
　
無料メルマガ『1日1フレーズ！生英語』配信中！
　
通勤・通学などのちょとした合間を利用して英語が学べるメルマガ『1日1フレーズ！生英語』を平日の毎朝6時に配信中！ただ単にフレーズを紹介しているだけではなく、音声を使った学習プロセスが組み込まれているので、メルマガを読むこと自体が学習方法！
　
https://hapaeikaiwa.com/mailmagazine/
　
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這是我見過最好最實用的防疫文章！
請耐心看完並力行實踐！
保護自己，家人及他人！
James Robb, MD UC San Diego. 詹姆斯.蘿蔔，加州大學聖地亞哥分校醫學博士

Subject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
新冠疫情擴散下我的防備攻略

Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field and its multiple clinical transfers into the human population (e.g., SARS, MERS), from different animal sources.
眾所周知，我是冠狀病毒的分子病毒專家，從70年代到現在一直在研究這些病毒。所以我是有發言權的。

The current projections for its expansion in the US are only probable, due to continued insufficient worldwide data, but it is most likely to be widespread in the US by mid to late March and April.
現在大規模在美國爆發還只是一個可能，現在還是數據不足。但是廣泛傳播要到三月底四月份。

Here is what I have done and the precautions that I take and will take. These are the same precautions I currently use during our influenza seasons, except for the mask and gloves.
我預防冠狀病毒的方法和防止流感一樣，只是增加口罩和手套。

1) NO HANDSHAKING! Use a fist bump, slight bow, elbow bump, etc.
不要和別人握手。用碰拳頭，小鞠躬，碰胳膊肘等代替。

2) Use ONLY your knuckle to touch light switches. elevator buttons, etc.. Lift the gasoline dispenser with a paper towel or use a disposable glove.
只用手指關節去開燈的開關和電梯按鈕。用紙或者戴手套加汽油。

3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.
不要用手抓門把，特別是公共廁所，郵局，商業中心的門。用拳頭和屁股把門撞開。

4) Use disinfectant wipes at the stores when they are available, including wiping the handle and child seat in grocery carts.
如果店裡有抗菌濕巾提供，用它來擦所有碰到的把柄和兒童座。

5) Wash your hands with soap for 10-20 seconds and/or use a greater than 60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer whenever you return home from ANY activity that involves locations where other people have been.
每次從外面回家，至少用肥皂洗手20秒。

6) Keep a bottle of sanitizer available at each of your home's entrances. AND in your car for use after getting gas or touching other contaminated objects when you can't immediately wash your hands.
在家裡的門口和車里放一瓶消毒液。

7) If possible, cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and discard. Use your elbow only if you have to. The clothing on your elbow will contain infectious virus that can be passed on for up to a week or more!
如果來得及，盡量打噴嚏擤鼻涕到紙巾上。如果來不及用胳膊肘捂了，要及時換衣服。

What I have stocked in preparation for the pandemic spread to the US:
在美國家裡，我囤積了一下物資：

1) Latex or nitrile latex disposable gloves for use when going shopping, using the gasoline pump, and all other outside activity when you come in contact with contaminated areas.
一次性橡皮手套，外出時備用。

Note: This virus is spread in large droplets by coughing and sneezing. This means that the air will not infect you! BUT all the surfaces where these droplets land are infectious for about a week on average - everything that is associated with infected people will be contaminated and potentially infectious.
注意，病毒靠咳嗽和打噴嚏產生的較大的水霧珠傳播的，不是因為空氣本身。所有的水霧珠會落在各種各樣的表面，在那裡呆一個星期之久。所有感染的人碰過的東西都有病毒。

The virus is on surfaces and you will not be infected unless your unprotected face is directly coughed or sneezed upon. This virus only has cell receptors for lung cells (it only infects your lungs) The only way for the virus to infect you is through your nose or mouth via your hands or an infected cough or sneeze onto or into your nose or mouth.
這個病毒只會感染你的肺，而進入的途徑就是你的口鼻。所以唯一被感染的機會是你的手帶到你的口鼻除非有人直接對著你的臉打噴嚏咳嗽。

2) Stock up now with disposable surgical masks and use them to prevent you from touching your nose and/or mouth (We touch our nose/mouth 90X/day without knowing it!). This is the only way this virus can infect you - it is lung-specific. The mask will not prevent the virus in a direct sneeze from getting into your nose or mouth - it is only to keep you from touching your nose or mouth.
在家裡儲存一些一次性醫用口罩。其實口罩並不是用來防止別人對你打噴嚏，而是阻止你的手老是去碰你的口鼻。你可能不知道，我們每天不知不覺會碰自己的口鼻90次以上。

3) Stock up now with hand sanitizers and latex/nitrile gloves (get the appropriate sizes for your family). The hand sanitizers must be alcohol-based and greater than 60% alcohol to be effective.
儲存一些洗手消毒液，最好是含有有60%以上酒精那種及買一些手套。

4) Stock up now with zinc lozenges. These lozenges have been proven to be effective in blocking coronavirus (and most other viruses) from multiplying in your throat and nasopharynx. Use as directed several times each day when you begin to feel ANY "cold-like" symptoms beginning. It is best to lie down and let the lozenge dissolve in the back of your throat and nasopharynx. Cold-Eeze lozenges is one brand available, but there are other brands available.
儲備大量的鋅錠劑。一般的藥店應該有很多選擇。其中一種叫Cold-Eeze lozenges。鋅錠劑被證實對冠狀病毒和其他病毒有一定防治作用。當你開始感到有感冒的感覺到時候，按照說明書每天服用數次。最好安靜的躺下來，讓鋅錠劑慢慢融化在喉嚨和鼻腔里。

I, as many others do, hope that this pandemic will be reasonably contained, BUT I personally do not think it will be. Humans have never seen this snake-associated virus before and have no internal defense against it. Tremendous worldwide efforts are being made to understand the molecular and clinical virology of this virus. Unbelievable molecular knowledge about the genomics, structure, and virulence of this virus has already been achieved. BUT, there will be NO drugs or vaccines available this year to protect us or limit the infection within us. Only symptomatic support is available.
和大家一樣，我希望冠狀病毒的疫情能夠得到控制。科學界已經學到很多關於這個病毒的東西。可是畢竟人類沒有見過這個病毒，也沒有建立對它的免疫力。我不認為一年內會有真正有效藥物和疫苗開發出來拯救人類或者控制病毒。目前只能減緩病狀。

I hope these personal thoughts will be helpful during this potentially catastrophic pandemic. You are welcome to share this email.
Good luck to all of us.
Jim

我希望我這樣個人的想法對你有所幫助。歡迎你和大家分享這份文章的內容。
祝我們好運！詹姆斯
James Robb, MD FCAP

Allen Iverson finally shook his shadow and shook up the NBA Finals.

Hounded by unheralded Tyronn Lue, Iverson scored seven of his 48 points in a one-minute span of overtime as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Los Angeles Lakers with a 107-101 victory in the opener of the NBA Finals.

Iverson scored 30 points in a scintillating first half, letting everyone know that the 76ers were going to be more than another pushover for the powerful Lakers. His late flurry silenced the Staples Center and unceremoniously ended Los Angeles' run at a perfect postseason.

"Anybody that bet on it, some broke people out there," Iverson said. "I'm glad nobody didn't bet their life on it 'cause they definitely would be dead right now."

Instead, the Sixers -- double-digit underdogs -- are very much alive as they again displayed their heroic heart.

"Our guys just try hard," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "This is kind of unexpected but it's neat."

In between Iverson outbursts, Lue stymied the NBA Most Valuable Player for nearly 20 minutes, using his quickness to prevent Iverson from even getting the ball, let alone shoot it. He had spent the last two practices impersonating Iverson and apparently got pretty good at it.

"I just try to deny him the ball as much as possible, because when he does get the ball, the best penetrator in the game is going to be hard to stop," Lue said. "We were trying to keep the ball out of his hands as much as possible."

"He was holding me the whole time," Iverson said.

But the third-year reserve let his guard down for just a second and it cost the Lakers. Iverson's two free throws pulled the Sixers within 99-98 with 1:46 remaining and the Lakers called a timeout.

Lue drove and threw up a wild shot as he fell out of bounds. The Sixers rebounded and Iverson ran out in transition. With Lue nowhere in sight, he drilled a 3-pointer that gave Philadelphia the lead for good at 101-99 with 1:19 left.

"That was really the knife that wounded us," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.

Rick Fox spoiled a solid game by throwing away a pass and Iverson made a step-back baseline jumper for a 103-99 lead with 47 seconds to go.

Kobe Bryant, who shot poorly and could not defend Iverson, hit a baseline jumper with 33 seconds to play. But Eric Snow, whose runner late in the fourth quarter saved the Sixers, made a similar shot to seal it with 10 seconds left.

On the eve of his 26th birthday, Iverson made 18-of-41 shots and 9-of-9 free throws, adding six assists and five steals. Playing his first NBA Finals game, his explosion offset 44 points and 20 rebounds by Shaquille O'Neal as he won the duel between the league's last two MVPs.

The Lakers rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit only to blow a five-point overtime lead as they lost for the first time since April 1, a span of 20 games. They had come into this series as huge favorites, having romped through the postseason with 11 straight wins by an average of more than 15 points.

"I'm kind of relieved it's over in some ways but but it does put some pressure on us to get a win on our home court," Jackson said. "We've got to go out on Friday night and find a way to get this series tied up."

The Sixers came in with no one expecting them to win a game, let alone the series. But they used their trademark toughness to do in just one game what the weak knees of the Western Conference could not do in 11 -- beat the Lakers.

"They thought we were gonna get swept and that was like a slap in the face to us," Iverson said.

Game Two is Friday at Los Angeles. Philadelphia is trying to knock off the defending champions and win its first title in 18 years.

"Now it's a series," O'Neal said.

However, Philadelphia may have to try a little harder. Guard Aaron McKie, who did a superb job of defending Bryant, suffered a chip fracture of his right ankle but is probable for Friday.

Both Iverson and O'Neal abused a series of defenders. Iverson sent starter Derek Fisher to a permanent seat on the bench and also had his way with Bryant before Lue came on.

"You can't take anything away from Tyronn Lue," Iverson admitted. "A lot of guys go out against a player that's named MVP of the regular season and won't give it his all, act like he's scared. But he gave his team a great lift."

O'Neal met some resistance from Mutombo but manhandled Matt Geiger and Todd MacCulloch at the end of the third quarter. He made 17-of-28 shots but just 10-of-22 from the line.

Most of O'Neal's offense came against single coverage from Dikembe Mutombo, who sat down with foul trouble for most of the third quarter but still contributed 13 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.

His presence allowed Philadelphia to swarm to Bryant, who had an awful game with just 15 points, on 7-of-22 shooting, and six turnovers.

"They got into Kobe's body, and bodied him on the dribble, stripped the ball when he picked it up," Jackson said. "He really didn't clear himself for shots very easily tonight."

Snow scored 13 points and injury-hampered Matt Geiger provided an unexpected 10 for the Sixers, who shot 48 percent (40-of-83) and missed just two of 25 free throws, which came at the worst possible time.

O'Neal's dunk off a feed from Bryant with 1:57 left in the fourth quarter gave the Lakers a 94-92 lead, their first since midway through the second period.

Snow answered with his first running jumper and the Sixers had a chance to take the lead when Mutombo rebounded a miss by Snow and was fouled with 34 seconds to go. But he missed both after Philadelphia had hit its first 19 from the line.

Bryant and Snow missed, sending it to overtime, where it looked like the Lakers were ready to win. O'Neal threw in a hook, Bryant spun for a layup and O'Neal split a pair from the line for a 99-94 lead.

The Sixers looked dead when Raja Bell found himself trapped in the lane with the shot clock running down. But he pivoted and threw in a scoop shot with his left hand with 2:19 remaining, sparking the comeback.

Fox scored 19 points for the Lakers, who were playing for the first time in 10 days and shot 44 percent (40-of-90).

At the start, it looked like another Lakers landslide. A 16-0 burst capped by Bryant's first basket gave Los Angeles an 18-5 lead with 5 1/2 minutes to go -- and perhaps allowed complacency to set in.

"We watched games that they played when they jumped out on guys and guys just packed it in and stopped playing," Iverson said. "But we've been like that before. We've been in games where we started off slow and ended up winning."

Iverson scored 10 points in the rest of the period, then opened the second quarter with a jumper over Bryant for a 24-23 lead.

The Lakers still held a 38-36 lead midway through the second quarter when Jackson was hit with a technical foul for arguing a non-call against Mutombo.

Iverson made the foul shot, Geiger hit two jumpers to give the Sixers the lead at 41-40 and Iverson took over from there as he scored Philadelphia's last 15 points of the half, mostly off his trademark crossover dribble.

His 3-pointer gave the Sixers a 56-48 advantage before O'Neal hammered home a miss by Bryant in the final second.

At intermission, Iverson had 30 points on 11-of-24 shooting, lighting up Bryant, who was 2-of-10 for four points with five turnovers.

"Allen really stepped it up," Brown said. "His first half was about as good as it gets."

It continued in the third quarter, as Iverson fed Jumaine Jones for an alley-oop slam, sank a jumper and dropped a layup over O'Neal for a 64-54 lead. He took a steal in for a layup and hit a fading corner shot before Eric Snow's three-point play gave the Sixers their largest lead at 73-58 with 5:23 left.

But with Mutombo on the bench, Philadelphia could not fight off O'Neal, who overpowered Geiger and MacCulloch and muscled Los Angeles back into it. He scored 14 points in the final 5:10 of the period, and with Lue shadowing Iverson, the Lakers pulled within 79-77 entering the final period.

Philadelphia led by as many as seven points early in the fourth quarter, when Mutombo picked up his fifth foul and again sat down before returning less than a minute later as Geiger fouled out.