adv. 大概;或许;很可能;备不住;
💡 probab=probable可能的+ly表副词 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的.
近义:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反义:assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
vt. 使受影响,感染;传染,散布病毒,侵染;(电脑病毒)使(电脑的)存储器[数据]受到感染;
💡 in进入+fect做→做进去,传染进去 → 传染;感化
"Go away, I don't want to infect you with my cold."
躲开, 我不愿意把感冒传染给你.
近义:infest, plague, contaminate, defile, fester
反义:purify, sanitize, sterilise, sterilize, decontaminate, fumigate