likely双解释义

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

as likely as not

(很)可能probably

• 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

likely, apt

这两个词都有“有…可能的”意思。apt强调天生的或习惯性的倾向; likely则强调客观上某事有可能发生。

likely, possible, probable

这三个词均表示“可能”。

1.probable常指有较大的可能性,表示客观上潜在的可能性,较有根据和充分理由而值得相信的事,意味着经过权衡正反两方面的理由后而相信的事大概会发生的,常译作“很可能”。

2.possible指有可能小,但强调客观上有可能性,且常有可能性较小的暗示。

3.likely作形容词时意为“很可能,大概,也许”,侧重表示从表面迹象看来某人有可能做某事或某事有可能发生。

liable，apt，likely，prone，subject

这些形容词均含“倾向于……的、易于……的”之意。

liable指易于产生某种不利的结果，侧重偶然性，常表示警告或提醒。

apt口语中常用，指自然的或习惯的倾向，无特殊的褒贬意味，常指在一般情况下发生的事。

likely侧重可能性，用于指将来，预言希望或所不希望的结果。

prone多用于人，着重其本性，或倾向于某种错误、弱点或不良行为等。

subject指确实可以察觉的倾向，也就是总结出来的规律。