likeliest
英 [ˈlaɪklɪɪst]
美 [ˈlaɪkliəst]
adv. 可能; 或许
adj. 可能的; 预料的; 有希望的; 似乎合适的; 仿佛恰当的
likely的最高级
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 可能的;看来要发生的
You uselikelyto indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation.- 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。 - Francis thought it likely John still loved her.
弗朗西斯觉得约翰可能还爱着她。 - Likelyis also an adverb.
- Profit will most likely have risen by about £25 million...
利润极可能增加2,500万英镑左右。 - Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益。
- Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...
- ADJ-GRADED 可能(做…)的;有(…)倾向的
If someone or something islikely todo a particular thing, they will very probably do it.- 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。
- In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue...
- ADJ-GRADED 合适的;恰当的
Alikelyperson, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose.- 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。
- At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister...
- CONVENTION (尤用于回答他人)绝不可能,绝对不会
You can saynot likelyas an emphatic way of saying 'no', especially when someone asks you whether you are going to do something.- 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
“在这外面装个电话怎么样?”——“没门儿!”
- 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
双语例句
- Although parasitism by trematodes is the likeliest explanation for most outbreaks of amphibian deformities, it is certainly not the only cause and may often be abetted by additional factors.
受到吸虫寄生虽是多数两生类畸形的最可能解释,但绝不是唯一的原因,往往也可能受到其他因子连带影响。 - They are likeliest candidates.
他们是最有可能当选的候选人。 - The likeliest cornerstone investors are sovereign wealth funds.
主权财富基金最有可能成为基石投资者。 - After months of posturing on both sides, the likeliest outcome of the debt-ceiling fight is a temporary fix linked to a promise to confront the problem another time.
在双方持续了几个月的装腔作势之后,债务上限斗争最有可能出现的结果是达成一个临时性解决方案,承诺日后解决这个问题。 - The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and, though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate.
水手长乔布·安德森是船上最有希看的人选,尽管他保持了原有的头衔,他却履行了大副的职责。 - But the likeliest explanation is that the towton soldiers ( or some of them, at least) were among the Lancastrian soldiers routed from the battlefield.
但最有可能的解释是这些陶顿战士(或至少其中一部分)是溃逃到此处的兰开斯特军。 - Lisa is the most likely/ the likeliest of the people to ask for the job.
莉萨是申请这个工作的人当中最有希望的。 - The likeliest trigger is a referendum.
全民公决是最可能的触发点。 - The wisest man is the likeliest to possess all worldly blessings in an eminent degree.
世上最聪明的人最可能极大限度地拥有人间一切幸福。 - That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.
那是我们至今听到的最有可能被采纳的建议。