based on or relating to how likely it is that something will happen

These examples illustrate the probabilistic rather than causal status of risk factors. 这些例子阐明了风险因素的概率性质，而不是因果性质。

Our method is entirely probabilistic, and requires only weak conditions that may readily be verified in practice. 我们的方法完全是基于概率的，只需满足一些弱条件，这在实施时可以迅速核查。