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
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  1. ADJ-GRADED 可能的；看来要发生的
    You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation.
    1. Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...
      专家说结果仍可能是投赞成票。
    2. 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。
    3. Francis thought it likely John still loved her.
      弗朗西斯觉得约翰可能还爱着她。
    4. Likely is also an adverb.
    5. Profit will most likely have risen by about £25 million...
      利润极可能增加2,500万英镑左右。
    6. 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。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 可能（做…）的；有（…）倾向的
    If someone or something is likely to do a particular thing, they will very probably do it.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 合适的；恰当的
    A likely person, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  4. CONVENTION （尤用于回答他人）绝不可能，绝对不会
    You can say not likely as an emphatic way of saying 'no', especially when someone asks you whether you are going to do something.
    1. 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
      “在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”
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双语例句

  1. They are likeliest candidates.
    他们是最有可能当选的候选人。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Moreover, he is the Republican with the likeliest crossover appeal in a general election.
    此外，他是最有可能在大选中吸引多个选民群体的共和党竞选人。
  5. 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。
  6. 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？
  7. Of course, dividend yields are normally high for a reason, the likeliest being that investors expect future dividends to be cut.
    当然，股息收益居高不下最可能的原因就是投资者预测未来股息会被削减。
  8. I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington.
    我明白，我知道我也许不是最像适合这个位置的候选人，我的血统不够纯正，我的工作也没有在华盛顿的会堂里度过。
  9. 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。
  10. Even so, if the traditional funeral is to be buried, concern for the environment is the likeliest undertaker.
    即便这样，如果传统葬礼将被埋葬的话，环境方面的考虑也将是最有可能送它上路的人。
  11. By combining many such rules, it is possible to work out which cards are likeliest to have been stolen, and which claims are dodgy.
    通过整合这些规则，识别哪个信用卡有可能被偷，哪宗索赔案例是假的。
  12. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.
    我是这个办公室最没有可能性的候选人。
  13. 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。
  14. The likeliest outcome would be a race to lead the LDP and hence the country.
    最可能的结果就是导致对自民党乃至这个国家领导权的激烈争夺。
  15. Of the 10 children of Mr Wang, the founder and chairman of Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's leading petrochemicals group, Ms Wang was not initially the likeliest to have a career in business.
    在王永庆台湾领先石化集团台塑（FormosaPlastics）的创办人兼董事长的10个子女中，王雪红最初并不是最有可能在商界发展的人。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. The likeliest bet is that the first half of 2013 will bring a mild recession.
    最有可能出现的情况是，2013年上半年将经历一场温和的衰退。
  20. Younger, more self-made entrepreneurs are the likeliest to attach strings.
    主要是靠白手起家的年轻企业家，最有可能给遗嘱附加限制条件。
  21. 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。
  22. He looks up at the rafters the likeliest place but they are bare.
    他抬头看了看屋顶那最有可能的地方，上面却是光秃秃的什么也没有；
  23. 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。
  24. He looks up at the rafters-the likeliest place-but they are bare. Rafters carry the weight of the roof.
    他抬头扫视屋顶上的椽子（里是蛇最可能出没的地方）但没有。椽木支撑住屋顶的重量。
  25. The likeliest outcome is a gradual movement to a co-currency world, with a global dollar coupled with a regionally predominant euro in Europe and, down the road, the Chinese renminbi in Asia.
    最有可能的结果是逐步转向多币种体系，即全球化的美元和区域性主流货币，包括从欧洲的欧元到亚洲的中国人民币元。
  26. The likeliest trigger is a referendum.
    全民公决是最可能的触发点。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. 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。
  30. He tried to nobble one of the jurors. To enroll ( a jury) upon a panel or list. 'It's the wisest thing to expect, and the likeliest. But I think their withdrawing is in your favour.
    这是最明智的希望，也是最可能的后果，不过，我认为陪审团退席会对你有利。
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