I'm likely to be very busy tomorrow.

明天我可能很忙。

They'll very likely ask for an increase in the budget.

他们很可能会要求增加预算。

I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go bankrupt.

我听到传闻说公司很可能要破产。

A rather different fate seems more likely.

另一种大不相同的命运似乎更可信。

Most likely it were in the lining of my coat.

那东西很可能在我上衣的衬层里。

I shall very likely be here again next month.

下个月我很可能再来这儿。

You'll most likely see these animals at twilight.

黄昏时分你很可能会看到这些动物。

the most likely outcome

最可能的结果

Tickets are likely to be expensive.

入场券可能很贵。

It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth.

盗贼很可能不知道此物的价值。

They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely .

他们也许会不让我们做这工作，但这可能性太小。

She seems the most likely candidate for the job.

这项工作，她似乎是最适宜的人选了。

As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。

Me? Join the army? Not likely!

我？参军入伍？没门儿！

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。

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。

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。

'How about having a phone out here?' 'u2014 'Not likely!'

“在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”

And though he acted with what seemed at the time like blitzkrieg aggressiveness , he regretted in later years that he hadn't moved even faster.

虽然他的行动在当时看来就像一场闪电战, 但他后来却后悔自己没能更快.

We are likely to fall into step with them.

我们可能接受他们的意见.

As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

很可能她把这事忘得一干二净了.

His intimacy with Japan makes him the likely choice as ambassador to that country.

他是日本通,很可能被委派为驻日大使.

The wording is likely to lead to ambiguity.

这种措词可能会引出歧义.

A team which is full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.

情绪高涨的球队更可能获胜.

This is as difficult a problem as you are likely to meet.

像这样的难题,你可能会碰到.

It's so cloudy and cold that it's likely to snow.

天气又阴又冷,大半要下雪.

Eating and drinking too much is likely to give one stomach trouble.

暴食暴饮容易得胃病.

He's not likely to come tonight.

他今晚不见得会来.

If you don't make your choice in time, you are likely to fall between two stools.

如果你不及时作出决定, 就会两头落空.

The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed.

最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。

This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

这项决定很可能会使许多人不快。

用作定语～+ n.

1. They are likeliest candidates.
   他们是最有可能当选的候选人。
2. That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.
   那是我们迄今听到的最有可能被采纳的建议。
3. They are likely young men.
   他们是有希望的青年人。
4. He is likeliest person for the job.
   他是最适合做这份工作的人。
5. He says he just forgot about it—a likely story!
   他说他仅仅是忘了——像煞有介事!
6. That's a likely story!
   说得倒真像那么一回事!

用作表语S+be+～

1. Rain is likely in all parts of the country today.
   今天全国各地区都可能下雨。

S+be+～+to- v

1. They are likely to be free this afternoon.
   他们今天下午或许有空。
2. He seems likely to pass the exam.
   他似乎有可能通过考试。
3. The harvest seems likely to be good this year.
   今年的收成可能会好。

It is/was+～+that-clause

1. It is not likely that he will come.
   他不一定来。
2. It isn't likely that I should accept such an offer as that.
   我不可能接受像那样的帮助。
3. It seems likely that prices will go up.
   物价似乎有可能上涨。

1. They'll very likely come by car.
   他们很可能开车来。

as likely as not

(很)可能probably

• likely%20as%20not">as likely as not说不定(或许...
• likely%20to">likely to可能
• likely%20time%20estimate">most likely time estimate最可能时间估计...
• likely%20event">equally likely event等可能事件
• likely%20enough">likely enough恐怕, 也许
• likely">most likely很可能
• likely">not likely不见得

• 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

adj.(形容词)

1. likely的基本意思是“可能的”“适合的”。用作表语时,可接带to的动词不定式或that-clause。
2. likely前可用very修饰。
3. a likely story常用来表示反语,表示对某人的话不屑一听和不相信。

adj.(形容词)

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。

• ☆ 直接源自古挪威语的likligr，意为很可能的，多半。