| 单词 | likely |
| 释义 | likely (once / 45 pages) adjadv If something's probably true, it's likely. When you walk in the rain, it's likely that your shoes will get wet. Likely is an adjective that's perfect for describing things you can imagine happening, such as the likely destination of next summer's vacation. Any time that something is in the cards, or bound to happen, you can explain that it's likely to happen. Though it's rarely used this way today in American English, one meaning of likely since the 15th century has been "good looking or attractive." WORD FAMILYlikely: likelihood, likeliness, likelys, unlikely+/likelihood: likelihoods, unlikelihood/unlikelihood: unlikelihoods/unlikeliness: unlikelinesses/unlikely: unlikeliness USAGE EXAMPLESLeaving him with a mouthful of condemned teeth that would likely deteriorate merely stacked the odds against him. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) They are likely to be too much for the Dolphins to handle. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Cousins likely won’t sign a long-term deal unless he receives top dollar. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj having 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 Syn|Ant apt, liable at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant probableapparently destined promisingshowing possibility of achievement or excellence possiblecapable of happening or existing unlikely has little chance of being the case or coming about farfetched, implausiblehighly imaginative but unlikely lastmost unlikely or unsuitable outside, remotevery unlikely 2adj likely but not certain to be or become true or real a likely result Syn|Ant probable equiprobable equally probable presumptivehaving a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance verisimilarappearing to be true or real improbable, unlikely not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred supposedmistakenly believed 3adj expected to become or be; in prospect Syn potential prospective of or concerned with or related to the future 4adj within the realm of credibility not a very likely excuse Syn believable, credible capable of being believed 5adv with considerable certainty; without much doubt Syn belike, in all likelihood, in all probability, probably |
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