It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. 柏拉图.理想国.
Who can measure probabilities against certainties? 柏拉图.理想国.
Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
She has so rarely seen the thing done that the probabilities are strong the other way. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Judged by mere worldly considerations and probabilities, his story is a very doubtful one. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
And what are the probabilities as to the result of the contest? 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Lydgate could now construct all the probabilities of the case. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
He recapitulated the statements which Becky had made, pointed out the probabilities of their truth, and asserted his own firm belief in her innocence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
My second reflection is founded on those large probabilities, which the mind can judge of, and the minute differences it can observe betwixt them. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
The probabilities are that our loss in killed was the heavier, as we were the attacking party. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
I was in no position to try the probabilities on one side or on the other in this instance by any better test than the test of personal resemblance. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
All three are in the region of dramatic system-making and myth, to which probabilities are irrelevant. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Margaret was surprised to find an acceptance contemplated, after all she had learnt of sad probabilities during the day. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
From the stone age onward the probabilities are that man has always had some kind of bowling game. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The probabilities of causes are of several kinds; but are all derived from the same origin, viz. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
That's a question I have carefully put to myself; and upon the whole the probabilities are in favour of her accepting him in time. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.