这些人感到不那么满意的原因是，一个充满可能性的世界也可能是一个充斥着错失的机会的世界。
The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities.
卷入联邦集体诉讼案的可能性也会增大，而股票的表现也可能更糟。
The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse.
在某些名词的定义中，绝对性的不可能性本身就增加了它们可能达到的内涵层次。
The very impossibility of absoluteness in the definition of certain nouns adds to the levels of connotation they may reach.
对于鲸鱼数量的下降，有两种可能的解释——虎鲸捕食或疾病的增加——疾病的可能性更大。
Of the two plausible explanations for the decline—increased predation by killer whales or disease—disease is the more likely.
鉴于这个非物质灵魂的存在，这是可能的，也的确是有这样的可能性的，让我们能在死亡后继续存在。
Given this existence of this immaterial soul, it's a possibility, indeed a fair likelihood, that we will survive our deaths.
"另一种可能的方案就是改善运动场的环境，这样学生因为厌烦或者挫败感而被诱导去欺负别人的可能性就更小。
Another possibility is to improve the playground environment, so that pupils are less likely to be led into bullying from boredom or frustration.
今年秋季可能会再次推出一名掩护性候选人出来挑战，不排除这种可能性。
The possibility of another stalking horse challenge this autumn cannot be ruled out.
被疏散的员工说，当局告诉他们，他们已经排除了恐怖主义的可能性，可能是电路短路引发了火灾。
Evacuated employees said authorities told them they had ruled out terrorism, and that an electrical short-circuit had likely sparked the fire.
其中的确切机制仍然是神秘的，但许多癌症是在基因水平开始的这种可能性表明，我们永远不可能预防所有癌症。
The exact mechanisms involved are still mysterious, but the likelihood that many cancers are initiated at the level of genes suggests that we will never prevent all cancers.
汉考克说：“人们在即时通话中撒谎的可能性，包括发信息或打电话，也比他们有时间考虑如何回复时的可能性大。”
"People are also more likely to lie in real time—in an instant message or phone call—than if they have time to think of a response," says Hancock.
仅仅是在小学的一年里有一位优秀的老师，就会让学生们在青少年时期成为母亲的可能性降低一些，而上大学和在28岁时赚更多钱的可能性增加一些。
Just having a strong teacher for one elementary year left pupils a bit less likely to become mothers as teenagers, a bit more likely to go to college and earning more money at age 28.
许多其他的过程可能改变蛤蜊或蜗牛的外壳，增加其保存的可能性。
Many other processes may alter the shell of a clam or snail and enhance its chances for preservation.
其他研究发现，观看啤酒和爆米花的广告可能会提高观看者购买它们的可能性。
Other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to consume them.
这些反应增加了不完全燃烧的可能性，更有可能释放未燃尽和光化学活性碳氢化合物到大气中。
These reactions increase the probability of incomplete combustion and are more likely to release uncombusted and photochemically active hydrocarbon compounds into the atmosphere.
如果有什么是很可能的，你的意思是你可以信赖它，所以可能性意味着可信赖度。
If something is probable, you mean that you can trust it, so probability means trustworthiness.
我的祖母非常惊讶，很快就说：“医生，既然你在谈论这些可能性，那么我也有一种可能性给你：你有100%的可能性不会给我做手术！”
My grandmother was terribly surprised and quickly said, "Doctor, since you're talking about these possibilities, I have one for you: there is a 100 percent possibility that you won't operate on me!"
医生接着说，在手术过程中，她有40%的可能性出现心脏问题，35%的可能性站不起来，甚至有20%的可能性因为她的年纪而死在手术台上。
The doctor went on to say that she would have a 40 percent possibility of having a heart trouble during the operation, a 35 percent possibility of being unable to stand up, and even 20 percent of dying on the operating table because of her old age.
他们说：“让我们直接研究崩溃的问题，应对我们所看到的令人恐惧的可能性，以便让一个令人不安的未来能最大可能地为我们所用。”
"Let's look directly into the issue of collapse," they say, "and deal with the terrible possibilities of what we see there to make the best of a troubling future."
因此，他可能试图针对这种可能性保险他自身。
Therefore, he might attempt to insure himself against that possibility.
取决于您程序所需的健壮性，您的测试可能要考虑这些可能性。
Depending on the robustness required by your program, your tests may want to take these possibilities into account.
这当然也有可能，但是我认为可能性不大。
按照风险发生的可能性——风险突然出现的可能性(通常用百分比表示)。
By likelihood of occurrence — the probability that the risk will materialize (usually expressed as a percentage).
我想部分的答案在于存在主义的另一个概念，可能性，无限的可能性。
I think part of the answer is in another existentialist concept, possibility, infinite possibility.
患有糖尿病和高血压的城市居民患上肥胖可能性比拥有正常体重的可能性更大。
Residents with diabetes and hypertension are more likely to be obese than to be of a normal weight.
我想另一个可能性会是，至少这种可能性值得一提，那就是他们两个都是拿破仑。
Well, I suppose another possibility is to say, at least another possibility worth mentioning, is to say they're both Napoleon.
因为这本书缩小了分歧的范围，提供了至关重要的资料，这些资料可以帮助我们判断所指的那些原因可能性最大，那些可能性较小。
Because it narrows the range of disagreement and supplies vital information that can help one judge which alleged causes are most likely, and which less so.
分析人士说道如果卡扎菲被推倒下台，利比亚可能存在重回君主制度的形式的可能性，当然这一可能性有多强现在还不清楚。
Analysts say that while there is the possibility of the Libyan monarchy coming back to some form of power if Gaddafi were overthrown, it remains unclear at this point how strong a possibility that is.
这当然是可能的，但这种可能性应当接受检验。
That, of course, is a possibility. But it is a testable possibility.
这当然是可能的，但这种可能性应当接受检验。
That, of course, is a possibility. But it is a testable possibility.
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