likely单词什么意思_likely单词解释 likely的反义词likely的例句

形容词可能的; 适合的; 有希望的

副词可能; 或许; 大概; 多半

副词probablyin all probability

形容词probable

形容词unlikely

2. likely的解释

1. 很可能的：like 像,跟. . . 一样 喜欢,喜爱 | likely 很可能的 | limit 限制;减少

1. 可能的；看来要发生的
You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation.

e.g. Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...
专家说结果仍可能是投赞成票。
e.g. 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。

2. 可能（做…）的；有（…）倾向的
If someone or something is likely to do a particular thing, they will very probably do it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 合适的；恰当的
A likely person, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. （尤用于回答他人）绝不可能，绝对不会
You can say not likely as an emphatic way of saying 'no', especially when someone asks you whether you are going to do something.

e.g. 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
“在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”

adj

1. within the realm of credibility

e.g. not a very likely excuse

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

e.g. 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

3. likely but not certain to be or become true or real

e.g. a likely result
he foresaw a probable loss

Synonym: probable

4. expected to become or be
in prospect

e.g. potential clients

Synonym: potential