a)TRY TO DO OR GET somethingused to emphasize that something is possible 在人力所及范围内,人可以做到的〔用于强调〕
She wanted to put as much distance as was humanly possible between herself and Adrian.
她想尽最大可能和阿德里安保持距离。
b)used to emphasize that someone did all they could 尽最大努力
The doctors did everything humanly possible to save the child’s life.
医生们尽了最大努力去挽救那孩子的生命。
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humanly possible• What she must do was concentrate on getting her memory back so that she could get home to them as soon as humanly possible.• The report was as fair as is humanly possible.• Acquaint yourselves with it as soon as is humanly possible.• If so, will he ensure that a police officeraccompanies every militarypatrol whenever humanly possible?• Our Government is fashioned to fulfill this concept so far as humanly possible.• The task at hand was to devise an immediategathering of the vestry and to make it as splendid as humanly possible.• Although speechreaders learn the necessity for keenattention and mentalfocus, it is not humanly possible to focus attention all day.• They demanded attention which it was not humanly possible to give.• He should be punished for as long as it is humanly possible to punish him.• Firefighters did everything humanly possible to save lives.