形容词unlikely
形容词
1. John is likely to be in London this autumn.
今年秋天约翰可能在伦敦。
2. The park is a likely place for the picnic.
这公园倒是个适合野餐的地方。
3. She is the most likely girl to win the prize.
她是最有希望得奖的女孩。
4. I have found a likely house at last.
最后我找到了一间合适的房子。
副词
1. I'll very likely be at home all day.
我可能整天都呆在家里。
1. 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.
e.g. Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...
专家说结果仍可能是投赞成票。
e.g. 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。
2. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. likely
3. 合适的；恰当的
A likely person, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. （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.
e.g. 'How about having a phone out here?' — 'Not likely!'
“在这外面装个电话怎么样？”——“没门儿！”
1. Police said the September 19 blast was likely related to business rivalry.
2. likely
2. Most likely, they would both sport a business suit because it is the sartorial middle ground.
3. The Chinese government is " very likely " to initiate cuts in business tax to add impetus to the slowing economy.
4. Tyler said the company is likely to improve business this year as the world's economy gradually picks up.
5. The company is also likely too busy figuring out how to maintain its growth in face of global economic recession to be contemplating such moves.
6. Experts had speculated that salmonella would be most likely to contaminate peanut butter as it cooled and was placed in jars.
7. The foreign dairy giant is likely to buy a 39 per cent stake in the Chinese firm.
8. Potential homebuyers are more likely to buy during these months, commonly known in China as " Golden September and Silver October ".
9. In the meantime, consumers will likely continue to buy what's out there.
10. The Shanxi health department study said students with more money at their disposal were more likely to buy cigarettes and take up smoking.
likely的意思
adj
1. likely
1. within the realm of credibility
e.g. not a very likely excuse
2. has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
e.g. 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
3. likely but not certain to be or become true or real
e.g. a likely result
he foresaw a probable loss
Synonym: probable
4. expected to become or be
in prospect
e.g. potential clients
Synonym: potential
adv
1. likely的反义词
1. with considerable certainty
without much doubt
e.g. He is probably out of the country
in all likelihood we are headed for war
Synonym: probably in all likelihood in all probability belike