词组 | likely |
释义 | likely /ˈlaɪkli/ adjective something that is likely will probably happen or is probably trueadverbsvery/extremely likely It is very likely that he is still alive. | Children who live in the country’s rural areas are very likely to be poor.highly likely (=very likely) Snow showers are highly likely tomorrow.quite likely BrE (=very likely) If the service is good, customers are quite likely to come back.fairly/reasonably likely It seems fairly likely that he’ll resign.more/most likely Young drivers are far more likely to have accidents than older ones.less/least likely The smallest puppies are the least likely to survive.hardly likely (=not very likely) It seems hardly likely that she would tell her husband about it.increasingly likely Rain looks increasingly likely.equally likely (=to the same degree) A new baby is equally likely to be male or female.disproportionately likely (=more likely than other people or groups) Prisoners are disproportionately likely to be poor.verbsseem likely also appear likely formal Which candidate seems likely to win?look likely (=seem likely) It looks likely that she’ll leave.make sth likely The attack made war even more likely.nounsa likely explanation What is the most likely explanation for her behaviour? | He could offer no likely explanation when I asked him.a likely effect/impact They discussed the likely impact of a new factory.a likely outcome/consequences (=what will happen as a result of something) The most likely outcome of the contest is a draw. | She rushes into things without considering the likely consequences.a likely cause/reason The likely cause of the fire was a dropped cigarette.the likely origin/source of sth (=where something probably came from) Raw food is the most likely source of food poisoning.a likely possibility The most likely possibility is that he will lose all his money.a likely scenario (=situation) One likely scenario is that no one will get the job.a likely candidate (=someone or something that will probably get something) The film is a likely candidate for the Best Picture award.a likely winner (=someone who is likely to win) She doesn’t look a likely winner.a likely replacement/successor (=someone who will probably get another person’s job after they leave) The leader’s son is his most likely successor.the likely cost The likely cost will be around one million euros.phrasesmore than likely (=very likely) She’ll be late, more than likely. | It is more than likely the votes will have to be counted again.sth is all too likely (=very likely – used especially about something bad) His plan was all too likely to fail.sth is not at all likely/not remotely likely (=very unlikely) He could win, but it’s not at all likely. | That is not remotely likely to happen. |
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