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
- 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。 - But the likeliest explanation is that conflict between nuclear-armed states is just too dangerous to consider.
但最具说服力的解释是:核武器国家之间的冲突过于危险,简直不敢想象。 - Further consolidation will happen only slowly: the sale of Postbank by Deutsche Post is the likeliest next milestone.
进一步的合并发生将只是时间问题:德国邮政集团(DeutschePost)对德国邮政银行(Postbank)的出售将可能是下一个里程碑。 - Who do you think will be the likeliest candidate for the manager of human resource department?
你认为谁最可能是人力资源部经理? - A short-term fix, by far the likeliest outcome, will do nothing to get the economy moving because it leaves businesspeople wondering what comes next.
着眼于短期的修复措施(这是迄今为止最有可能出现的结果)将对促使经济增长毫无助益,原因是,这种措施会让商界人士不知道接下来会发生什么事情。 - They are likeliest candidates.
他们是最有可能当选的候选人。 - It is still the likeliest to go ahead according to Linda Killian, a principal at Renaissance Capital who manages its global IPO Fund.
复兴资本负责全球IPO基金的委托人琳达•克里安说,凯备上市的可能性非常大。 - The investing lesson: Risk is all around you, and the likeliest places to look for it are the places that appear to be the safest.
投资教育意义:你的周围到处是风险,你最可能发现风险的地方就是那些看上去最安全的地方。 - 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。