likely详尽意思

1. 有希望的；有出息的
2. 适当的，似乎合适的，仿佛恰当的，恰好的，正合要求的
3. 很可能的，可能的
4. 预料的
5. 像煞有介事，很像真事的
6. 漂亮的，吸引人的
7. 像是可信的，好像可靠的

1. 很可能，多半，大概，有可能，或许

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"
   

4. within the realm of credibility;

   "not a very likely excuse"
   

1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt;

   "He is probably out of the country"
   "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
   

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

1. They are likeliest candidates.
   他们是最有可能当选的候选人。
2. That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.
   那是我们迄今听到的最有可能被采纳的建议。
3. They are likely young men.
   他们是有希望的青年人。
4. He is likeliest person for the job.
   他是最适合做这份工作的人。
5. He says he just forgot about it—a likely story!
   他说他仅仅是忘了——像煞有介事!
6. That's a likely story!
   说得倒真像那么一回事!

1. Rain is likely in all parts of the country today.
   今天全国各地区都可能下雨。

1. They are likely to be free this afternoon.
   他们今天下午或许有空。
2. He seems likely to pass the exam.
   他似乎有可能通过考试。
3. The harvest seems likely to be good this year.
   今年的收成可能会好。

1. It is not likely that he will come.
   他不一定来。
2. It isn't likely that I should accept such an offer as that.
   我不可能接受像那样的帮助。
3. It seems likely that prices will go up.
   物价似乎有可能上涨。

1. They'll very likely come by car.
   他们很可能开车来。

• I hope that none of your friends are likely to come in.

  出自：E. M. Forster

• In a television studio, where the acoustic is liklier to be drier.

  出自：Listener

• It seems likely that St Paul's was the church Edmund was going to.

  出自：A. Thwaite

• Officers..were six times as likely to be killed as their men.

  出自：H. Bailey

• His life provided models for behaviour in any likely circumstance.

  出自：G. Greene

• Surveys carried out last winter have helped to predict likely road conditions.

  出自：Lancaster Guardian

1. likely的基本意思是“可能的”“适合的”。用作表语时,可接带to的动词不定式或that-clause。
2. likely前可用very修饰。
3. a likely story常用来表示反语,表示对某人的话不屑一听和不相信。