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
n. 村民;乡村,村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房,别墅+age场所,物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义:town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义:settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city