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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。