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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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.
  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. Likelyis 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。
• 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.
  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。
• ADJ-GRADED 合适的；恰当的
  Alikelyperson, 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。
• 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.
  1. 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
     “在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。