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likely单词基本解析：

adj.可能的; 有…倾向的; 合适的adv.可能
adj.可能的, 可信的 adv.很可能
adj.可能的；适合的；有希望的；

likely变化用词：

形容词比较级: likelier | 形容词最高级: likeliest |

likely英英释义：

Adjective

1. 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"

2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real;

"a likely result"

"he foresaw a probable loss"

3. expected to become or be; in prospect;

"potential clients"

"expected income"

4. within the realm of credibility;

"not a very likely excuse"

"a plausible story"

形容词 likely:

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

likely but not certain to be or become true or real

同义词：probable

expected to become or be; in prospect

同义词：expected, potential

within the realm of credibility

副词 likely:

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

同义词：probably, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike

likely[ 'laikli ]adj.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"

likely but not certain to be or become true or real

"a likely result"

同义词：probable

expected to become or be; in prospect

同义词：expectedpotential

within the realm of credibility

"not a very likely excuse"

adv.with considerable certainty; without much doubt

同义词：probablyin all likelihoodin all probabilitybelike

likely中文词源：

likely 可能的 like,相似，-ly,形容词后缀，来自like.

likely用法和例句：

the most likely outcome

最可能的结果

Tickets are likely to be expensive.

入场券可能很贵。

It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth.

盗贼很可能不知道此物的价值。

They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely .

他们也许会不让我们做这工作，但这可能性太小。

She seems the most likely candidate for the job.

这项工作，她似乎是最适宜的人选了。

As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。

Me? Join the army? Not likely!

我？参军入伍？没门儿！

Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...

专家说结果仍可能是投赞成票。

If this is your first baby, it's far more likely that you'll get to the hospital too early...

如果是第一胎，孕妇很有可能会过早地赶到医院。

In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue...

与此同时，心理战似乎还可能继续。

Once people have seen that something actually works, they are much more likely to accept change.

一旦人们看到有些东西确实奏效，那他们可能会更容易接受变化。

At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister...

他一度看似是个合适的首相人选。

We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.

我们把显微镜对准了一个看起来合适的目标。

'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'

“在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”

And though he acted with what seemed at the time like blitzkrieg aggressiveness , he regretted in later years that he hadn't moved even faster.

虽然他的行动在当时看来就像一场闪电战, 但他后来却后悔自己没能更快.

《简明英汉词典》

We are likely to fall into step with them.

我们可能接受他们的意见.

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As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

很可能她把这事忘得一干二净了.

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His intimacy with Japan makes him the likely choice as ambassador to that country.

他是日本通,很可能被委派为驻日大使.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The wording is likely to lead to ambiguity.

这种措词可能会引出歧义.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A team which is full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.

情绪高涨的球队更可能获胜.

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This is as difficult a problem as you are likely to meet.

像这样的难题,你可能会碰到.

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It's so cloudy and cold that it's likely to snow.

天气又阴又冷,大半要下雪.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Eating and drinking too much is likely to give one stomach trouble.

暴食暴饮容易得胃病.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He's not likely to come tonight.

他今晚不见得会来.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

If you don't make your choice in time, you are likely to fall between two stools.

如果你不及时作出决定, 就会两头落空.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed.

最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

这项决定很可能会使许多人不快。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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Don't wander about the room like that. Get something to do.

不要那样在房间里乱走，找点事情做。

Trust you to dream up a crazy scheme like this!

亏你想得出这种异想天开的计划！

Fear spread through the crowd like a contagion.

人们心中的恐惧像瘟疫一样蔓延开来。

People like to hear propitious sentences.

人们都喜欢听吉利的话。

It'll rain this afternoon, as like as not.

今天下午很可能要下雨。

The meeting is not likely to be held today.

今天会议不大可能召开了。

Our firm is likely to reap a big profit this year.

今年我们公司很可能获得巨额利润。

He doesn't like people praising him.

他不喜欢别人赞扬他。

They'll very likely come by car.

他们多半坐汽车来。

They'll very likely ask for an increase in the budget.

他们很可能会要求增加预算。

Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, they sneaked away.

他们看到有可能发生麻烦，就悄悄离开了。

He is like a cock who though the sun has risen to hear him crow.

他像一只以为太阳出来是为了听他啼声的雄鸡。

He burst out crying like a child.

他像孩子一样忽然哭起来。

He talks like a parrot and just repeats what he heard.

他只是鹦鹉学舌，拾人牙慧罢了。

He is likely to arrive at any time.

他可能随时会到。

He strutted about the street like a gaudy fighting cock.

他在街上大摇大摆地走，像一只绚丽好斗的公鸡。

An idea popped into his mind like a flash.

他头脑里突然闪过一个念头。

He doesn't like anything I do or say.

他对我所说的所做的一概不喜欢。

It was like him to come down to brass tacks.

他就是这个脾气，说话单刀直入。

He was very frightened and clinging on like mad.

他怕极了，手一直死死抓住不放。

He treats his wife like a slave.

他把妻子当作奴隶看待。

His health is likely to get worse.

他的健康可能会恶化。

He used to crap around like that.

他老做那样的傻事。

He acquitted himself like a hero.

他表现得像个英雄。

He said he would drop her like a hot potato.

他说他会把她像烫手的东西一样迫不及待地扔掉。

He accepted the offer like a shot.

他迫不及待地接受了这一提议。

It seem that everybody like the zebra.

似乎每个人都喜欢斑马。

But the boss said we were likely to work overtime today.

但是老板说我们今天很可能要加班。

You'll like her once you get to know her.

你一旦了解她，就喜欢她了。

You mustn't let him walk over you like that.

你不能让他那麽欺负你。

What do you like doing in your spare time?

你在闲暇时喜欢做什么？

You're at liberty to say what you like.

你尽可畅所欲言。

How do you steal a kiss from a girl like that?

你怎么赢得像那样了不起的女孩的吻的？

Do you like to see a movie with me?

你想和我去看电影吗？

Would you like a cup of malt whisky?

你想喝杯麦芽威士忌吗？

Do you feel like going to a movie?

你想看电影吗？

Would you like some tomato juice?

你想要些番茄汁吗？

Would you like a cup of chocolate?

你想要杯巧克力饮料吗？

Do you know if they like this new item?

你知道他们是否喜欢这个新品种？

Those new pills you gave me worked like a charm.

你给我的那些新药丸真是药到病除。

If you go now, you're likely to hit the rush hour.

你要是现在走，可能正赶上交通拥挤的时刻。

Would you like some tomato paste?

你要西红柿酱吗？

A man of great ability like him will eventually reach the top.

像他这样才能出众的人终究会升到最上层的。

Meeting you here like this is positively surreal!

像这样与你在此相逢真好比一场梦！

How did a mistake like that slip by the printers?

像那样的一个错误怎么被排字工人忽略过去了呢？

Stop jingling your keys like that.

别把钥匙弄得叮当乱响。

Don't speak like that. It sounds insincere to me.

别这样讲话，这样我听起来感到不诚恳。

In time you'll grow to like him.

到时候你会喜欢他的。

Even though you do not like it, you must do it.

即使你不喜欢这工作，你也得做。

I don't like French food even at the best of times.

即使在情况最好的时候，我也不喜欢法国菜。

He called me a copycat just because my schoolbag looks like his.

只因为我的书包和他的一模一样,他就说我学他的样。

It's not likely for me to carry the bag.

叫我扛这个包是不可能的。

Smokers who inhale are likely to become addicted to nicotine.

吸烟的人容易对尼古丁上瘾。

No one sings the blues like she did.

唱布鲁斯歌谁也比不上她。(《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》)

Hands up all those who'd like an ice cream!

喜欢吃冰淇淋的人举手！

The Palace won't like all this gossip.

国王不会喜欢这些流言蜚语的。

Would you like more mashed potato?

在来点马铃薯泥好吗？

It looks like rain; we'd better run for it.

天像是要下雨了，我们赶紧快跑吧。

She had never desired to do anything like that.

她从来没希望做这样的事。

Her cooking is nothing like as good as yours.

她做饭的手艺绝比不上你。

She was like a narcissus trembling in the wind.

她像一株在风中摇动的水仙。

She was screaming like a fishwife!

她像泼妇一样尖叫！

She is likely to be waiting us at the bus stop.

她可能已在车站等着呢。

She looks like a very demure young lady.

她看上去像一个矜持的少女。

She fought like a tiger to get what she wanted.

她竭力争取自己想要的东西。

She says she doesn't like children in the mass.

她说从总体上讲她不喜欢孩子。

She is very shy. She doesn't like to show her face.

她非常怕羞，她不喜欢抛头露面。

She goes like the wind on her new bicycle.

她飞快地骑著新自行车。

I'd like him better if he didn't ponce about so much.

如果他不这么到处招摇，我会更喜欢他一些。

I'd like to ask a question if I may.

如果可以的话，我想提一个问题。

If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behaviour.

如果我后悔什么事情，那很可能是我的良好品行。

The children come galumph into the house like a herd of elephant.

孩子们像一群大象一样乱哄哄地闯进房子里。

Children like seeing the color television.

孩子们喜欢看彩色电视。

For this old trouper there is still no business like show business.

对这位老剧团演员来说仍然是娱乐性行业最好。

The rank and file do not like the decision.

工会普通会员不喜欢这个决定。

After a week's work I like to retreat to the country to relax.

工作一周之後，我喜欢躲到乡下松弛一下。

It's rather tiring working late like this.

工作到这样晚，是相当累人的。

The youth like to wear knickerbockers.

年青人喜欢穿灯笼裤。

The proposing tax change is likely to prove a banana skin for the government.

建议中的税务变动很可能给政府带来无穷后患。

I don't belong in the place like this.

待在像这样的地方不合我的身份。

用作形容词(adj.)

I'm likely to be very busy tomorrow.
明天我可能很忙。

They'll very likely ask for an increase in the budget.
他们很可能会要求增加预算。

I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go bankrupt.
我听到传闻说公司很可能要破产。

A rather different fate seems more likely.
另一种大不相同的命运似乎更可信。

用作副词(adv.)

Most likely it were in the lining of my coat.
那东西很可能在我上衣的衬层里。

I shall very likely be here again next month.
下个月我很可能再来这儿。

You'll most likely see these animals at twilight.
黄昏时分你很可能会看到这些动物。

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