possible ¹

当以-able，-ible结尾的形容词充当名词定语时，如果该名词还受另一个最高级形容词或only修饰，则以-able，-ible结尾的形容词，既可以前置，也可以后置：

1. $\$left\{ \begin{array}{ll}\text{the best possible accommodation}\\ \text{the best accommodation possible} \end{array} \right. 可能得到的最好的设备

2. $\$left\{ \begin{array}{ll}\text{the hardest possible conditions}\\ \text{the hardest conditions possible} \end{array} \right. 可能的最艰难的条件

3. $\$left\{\begin{array}{l} the best available doctor \\ the best doctor available \end{array}\right. 能找到的最好的医生

4. $\$left\{ \begin{array}{ll}\text{the greatest imaginable difficulty} \\ \text{the greatest difficulty imaginable} \end{array} \right. 所能想象出来的最大的困难

5. $\$left\{\begin{array}{l} the only suitable person \\ the only person suitable \end{array}\right. 唯一合适的人

possible $^{2}$

(参见 available, imaginable)