尽可能

• 拼音: jìn kě néng
• 汉字拆解: 尽 = simplified from 盡, meaning to exhaust; 可能 = 可 (can) + 能 (able), meaning possible

含义

As much as possible; to the greatest extent possible.

Used to express doing something to the maximum degree within constraints. Often followed by a verb or 地 + verb. 尽可能快 means as fast as possible. Slightly more formal than 尽量, which is more colloquial.

例句

1. 我会尽可能早地完成这个项目。
2. 请尽可能详细地描述一下当时的情况。
3. 医生说要尽可能多休息，少用眼睛。

用法指南

语境: requests, instructions, goals

语气: striving

正确说法

• 尽可能快点来。(Come as quickly as possible.)
• 我会尽可能帮你的。(I'll help you as much as I can.)

错误说法

• 尽可能地不可能 (尽可能 and 不可能 contradict each other)

起源与历史

Compound of 尽 (exhaust, to the limit) + 可能 (possible), meaning to the extent possible.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal