0 the level of possibility of something happening or being true -- 可能性
What is the probability of winning? 獲勝的可能性有多大?
The probability of getting all the answers correct is about one in ten. 答案全部正確的可能性大約是1/10。
There's a high/strong probability (that) (= it is very likely that) she'll be here. 她很可能會來。
Until yesterday, the project was just a possibility, but now it has become a real probability (= it is likely to happen). 到昨天為止這項計劃還只是可能,但現在看來真的會發生。
She will, in all probability, have left before we arrive. 她十之八九會在我們到達之前就已經離開了。
What's the probability of that happening?
There's a distinct probability that Philip will be there.
There's a high probability that she'll get the job.
Against all probability we found ourselves in the same hotel.
Transition probabilities were calculated directly from clinical trial data for the first 3 years and then extrapolated to 10 years.
We assume that the age differences within a cohort are small enough to consider these subgroups as being homogeneous with respect to transition probabilities.
The main interest is in characterizing how precisely we can 'bound' the probabilities associated with various atoms.