Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
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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
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
adv. 粗略地;大体上;大致上;粗暴地;
"Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk."
红细胞大致呈圆盘状。
近义：about, approximately, around, loosely, nearly, barely
反义：minutely, painstakingly, scrupulously, thoroughly, carefully, circumstantially
n. 事件;（讨论、考虑等的）问题;重要性;物质;
vi. 要紧，重要;化脓;有重大影响;有重要性;
"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."
现在我们来谈问题的症结。
近义：import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue
a. 分开的
近义：segmented, separate, severed, snippy, split, patchy
反义：integral, joint, livelong, uncut, whole, complete