英 [ˈlaɪkli] 美 [ˈlaɪkli]
adj. 可能发生的；似乎合适的，仿佛恰当的；似乎真实的，可信的；看上去精力充沛（或有能力）的
adv. 大概，很可能
比较级likelier或more likely
最高级likeliest或most likely
likely /ˈlaɪklɪ/ CET4 TEM4 [ likelier likeliest ]
形容词 You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation. 可能的
Experts say a "yes" vote is still the likely outcome.
专家们表示投赞成票仍是可能的结果。
If this is your first baby, it's far more likely that you'll get to the hospital too early.
如果这是你的第一胎，你就非常有可能会太早到医院。
副词 Likely is also an adverb. 可能地
Profit will most likely have risen by about $25 million.
利润将极有可能增长约2500万美元。
形容词 If someone or something is likely to do a particular thing, they will very probably do it. 很可能地
In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue.
同时心理战似乎很有可能要继续下去。
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
these services are likely to be available to us all before long ; she is likely to forget ; a likely place for a restaurant ; the broken limb is likely to fall ; rain is likely ; a likely topic for investigation ; likely candidates for the job
within the realm of credibility
not a very likely excuse
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
同义词： probably / in all likelihood / in all probability / belike
可能的
可能的
... current当前的、流行的、潮流、电流； likely可能的、适合的、可能； amount数量、总数、合计、接近； ...
... 喜欢，喜爱，像，跟。。。一样like 很可能的，大概，可能，或许likely 绳索，线，排，行，线路，画线于，成行line ...
... involve in：卷入；参加 likely：很可能的；有希望的；大概；多半 likeliness：可能 ...
... ac你好eve vt.获患上；实现 likely adj.可能的；预期的 economic adj.经济的；经济学的；有实用价值的 ...
We will likely see him later.
我们很可能晚些时候会见到他。
We will most likely see him later.
我们很可能晚些时候会见到他。
Tickets are likely to be expensive.
入场券可能很贵。
Last week,Harvard University researchers reported that people who travel are three times more likely than others to develop deep vein thrombosis.
VOA : special.2009.07.14
Because they would have started with the hypothesis, not that there existed a month, but that June was particularly likely.
因为他们是有了假设然后再开始做实验的，而不是说有一个这样特殊的月份，而是六月是一个特殊的月份。
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Sabrina Just briefly, a supernatural figure, the nymph: it looks like Sabrina Sabrineah , but it was likely pronounced Sabrina .
只是简单地，一个不可思议的人物，女神：她看起来像,但它好像应该念。
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"If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't.
VOA : special.2010.07.01
People in Finland were the least likely to believe that people laughing in their presence were making fun of them.
VOA : special.2009.11.17
They're likely to be less mechanised, and to produce goods that command higher prices.
It is likely that that the next Tentative List will be reviewed between 2019 and 2021.
Such a rule is not likely to improve private investment decision-making or promote more efficient markets.