| 词汇 | likely |
| 释义 | likely /`laɪklɪ/ (比较级: likelier; 最高级: likeliest) adj. Probable; credible. 或有的；可信的。 a likely story 似真的故事。 Suitable; qualified. 似真的；像样的。 likely behavior 适当的行为。 I called at every likely house in the village. 我遍访村中像样的住宅。 Favorable; promising. 有利的；有望的。 Being such as to make something probable. 可能会的。 That is likely to happen. 那有可能发生。 He is likely to go. 他可能会去。 phrases most (very) likely 很可能；大概。 Not likely! (非正式用法)必不！绝不！(= Not on your life!) adv. Probably. 大概；或许。 cf. A likely event is one that in the circumstances would be expected to happen; a likely prophecy is such as might prove true. Likely 一字表示按情形看来有可能发生；likely 的预言系或可证实者。 Probable is less emphatic than likely; a probable event, though more apt than not to happen, is nevertheless more in doubt than a likely event. Probable 一字较 likely 为弱；probable 的事虽有发生之可能，但其可能性比 likely 的事小。（See apt.） synonyms probable. antonyms doubtful, improbable, unlikely. |
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