likelier
美 [?la?kli] 
英 ['la?kli]
- adv.大概；多半；大概
- adj.適當(dāng)?shù)?；有希望的；很可能的；很像真事的；可能的；預(yù)料的；有希望的；似乎合適的
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)有可能的
詞形變化
比較級(jí)：more likely 比較級(jí)：most likely 比較級(jí)：likelier 最高級(jí)：likeliest 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 可能的；預(yù)料的；有希望的probable or expected |
| the most likely outcome 最可能的結(jié)果 |
| Tickets are likely to be expensive. 入場(chǎng)券可能很貴。 |
| It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth. 盜賊很可能不知道此物的價(jià)值。 |
| They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely . 他們也許不會(huì)讓我們做這工作，但這可能性太小。 |
2. | 似乎合適的；仿佛恰當(dāng)?shù)?/span>seeming suitable for a purpose |
| She seems the most likely candidate for the job. 這項(xiàng)工作，她似乎是最適宜的人選了。 |
習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)
a likely story
（表示不相信某人的話）說(shuō)得好像真有這回事似的，像煞有介事used to show that you do not believe what sb has said
as likely as not|most/very likely
| As likely as not she's forgotten all about it. 她很可能把這事忘得一干二凈了。 |
not likely!
（表示堅(jiān)決不同意）決不可能，絕對(duì)不會(huì)used to disagree strongly with a statement or suggestion
| Me? Join the army? Not likely! 我？參軍入伍？沒(méi)門(mén)兒！ |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
There would be a much likelier chance of his doing it if he were told not to love.
如果人家叫他別愛(ài)，那么他愛(ài)那個(gè)人的緣分可能還大得多呢。
Republicans are more than twice as likely as Democrats to see Iran as the top U. S. enemy, while Democrats are likelier to name Iraq.
共和黨人認(rèn)為伊朗是美國(guó)頭號(hào)敵人的人數(shù)是民主黨人的兩倍多，而民主黨人更傾向于選擇伊拉克。
Andrea Dossena's agent has ruled out a return to Italy for the Liverpool defender, claiming that Spain is a likelier destination.
多二哥的經(jīng)紀(jì)人已經(jīng)掐滅了這位利物浦后衛(wèi)重返意大利的念想，而西班牙更有可能是他的下一站。
Committed as he is to austerity, in his budget Mr Osborne is likelier to reform taxes than to cut them.
盡管他致力于財(cái)政緊縮，但是在預(yù)算中奧斯本更有可能改革而不是減少稅收。
Pick a travel company at the vanguard of these changes, and you're likelier to be heard.
因此，要選擇處于領(lǐng)先地位的旅游公司，你的意見(jiàn)被聽(tīng)取的可能性會(huì)更高。
Worse, firms that default are likelier to end up in full liquidation.
更糟的事，公司的違約問(wèn)題有可能在年底清算。
The likelier prospect would be a long war that sucked in neighbours (Turkey, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are all candidates).
一種可能的前景是，兩派內(nèi)戰(zhàn)持續(xù)不斷，最后把鄰國(guó)也拖下水（土耳其，敘利亞，伊朗和沙特都有可能）。
If you use the i Phone you may be likelier to have more sexual partners than users of other popular smart phones, new data suggests.
新的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，iPhone用戶可能比其它熱門(mén)智能手機(jī)的用戶擁有更多的性伴侶。
But it is not obvious why the police would be any likelier to enforce it.
但警方將很可能執(zhí)行這一點(diǎn)不明顯。
But taken the other way around, if more people can be enticed to do sports, are world-class athletes likelier to emerge?
但是反過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)，如果更多的人被吸引來(lái)做運(yùn)動(dòng)，是不是世界級(jí)的運(yùn)動(dòng)員更容易產(chǎn)生呢？
Almost everywhere, he says, leftists are likelier than conservatives to excuse fascistic governments and movements.
他說(shuō)相比那些保守人士，左派人士不管在哪里，都更容易縱容法西斯政府和運(yùn)動(dòng)。
According to new USDA data, students who eat a federally funded school lunch are likelier to be overweight than those who don't.
根據(jù)美國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部的數(shù)據(jù)，那些吃了聯(lián)邦政府資助的午餐的同學(xué)更容易超重。
Those who'd been randomly rewarded were likelier to stop and help than those who'd won their money.
那些一直是隨機(jī)獲獎(jiǎng)的人比那些贏錢(qián)的人更可能停止和幫助。
A travel company is likelier to pay attention to someone with 10, 000 followers than a lone wolf with just a handful of contacts.
旅游公司對(duì)一個(gè)有1萬(wàn)位好友的用戶的重視程度，絕對(duì)高于聯(lián)系人寥寥無(wú)幾的用戶。
Some also argue that letting Mr Mugabe in effect pick his successor would make him likelier to step down.
一些人則懷疑讓穆加貝總統(tǒng)選擇他的繼承人是否會(huì)讓他更有可能下臺(tái)。
The more money that mining firms spend buying one another, rather than exploring for and developing new mines, the likelier that is.
礦業(yè)公司互相收購(gòu)（而新礦勘探或開(kāi)發(fā)）耗資越多，性也就越大。
That would be likelier if new entrants were encouraged to buy bits of the state-aided banks.
這種可能性將變得更大假如市場(chǎng)的新成員被鼓勵(lì)去購(gòu)買(mǎi)那些接受國(guó)家救助的銀行的部分資產(chǎn)。
A deal now looks likelier, if only just. Great credit is due to Tony Blair for persevering.
如果能夠公正些的話，一筆政治交易似乎可能會(huì)達(dá)成，那么布萊爾應(yīng)該為他的不屈不撓而得到表?yè)P(yáng)。
But when the culture becomes more accepting, experimentation is likelier to follow.
但是當(dāng)這種文化越來(lái)越多的被人接受，這種嘗試就會(huì)伴隨著發(fā)生。
The charity is dismayed by the ruling on age thresholds, arguing that at 21 women are much likelier to resist a forced marriage.
這個(gè)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)對(duì)于年齡門(mén)檻的規(guī)定感到沮喪，認(rèn)為21歲的婦女最可能拒絕強(qiáng)迫婚姻。
So few private jobs were being created that unemployment looked likelier to rise than fall.
政府創(chuàng)造的個(gè)人工作崗位太少，以致失業(yè)率更趨向于上升而不是下降。
Easterners are likelier to choose a red pen, while Westerners more often choose the green.
東方人更有可能選擇紅色的筆，而西方人則會(huì)選擇那支綠色的。
It is slower to metabolise and likelier to die before it has reproduced.
他的新陳代謝過(guò)程減緩，更有可能在繁殖之前死亡。
Easterners are likelier to choose a red pen, while Westerner more often choose the green.
東方人更可能選一只紅色的鋼筆，而西方人經(jīng)常選那只綠色的。
I don't think it takes anyone extremely smart or me to know that the second of the two scenarios is likelier to occur.
我不認(rèn)為這需要特別聰明的人，或者我，來(lái)判斷第二個(gè)場(chǎng)景比第一個(gè)場(chǎng)景更容易實(shí)現(xiàn)。
That makes it likelier that people will pay over the odds.
這使得人們更有可能付出過(guò)高的價(jià)格。
Yet competition is likelier than conflict, and the winner is already clear.
不過(guò)，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的可能性要大于發(fā)生沖突的可能性，而贏家已顯而易見(jiàn)。
Now that Microsoft has made peace, the other two are likelier targets.
現(xiàn)在，微軟已經(jīng)講和了，其他兩家是更有可能的目標(biāo)。
A confluence of factors is a likelier explanation.
各種因素的共同作用更有可能說(shuō)明問(wèn)題。
Find a partner with sufficiently different MHC, and you're likelier to carry a baby to term.
找一位MHC差異達(dá)到足夠大的伴侶，那么懷上一個(gè)容納性的寶寶可能性就更大。
Now an even bigger calamity is looking likelier.
如今，甚至極有可能出現(xiàn)更大的災(zāi)難。
Anger is much likelier to mount than diminish.
憤怒可能增加更多，而不是減少。
By contrast, he is likelier to hinder growth than cultivate it.
與此相反，比起讓經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)，他倒更加可能妨礙增長(zhǎng)。
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't, whichever seems likelier to win an effect.
幽默家的困難，在于他們把相信的和不信的全混在一起，只考慮哪個(gè)看上去更。
Show them that inequality has bad results, and they are likelier to sit up and listen.
只有給他們展示出不平等導(dǎo)致的不良后果，他們才更有可能端坐著，洗耳恭聽(tīng)。
Those who had kissed intimately with multiple partners were 3. 7 times likelier to catch the disease.
結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，和多個(gè)伴侶有過(guò)親密接吻行為者，患病率可能比“控制組”高3.7倍。
That loss seems likelier than ever because the animals are under threat as never before.
這種消失似乎比以往更有可能，因?yàn)?/c>動(dòng)物們正處于前所未有的威脅之中。
This in turn means it is likelier that he will agree.
這反過(guò)來(lái)意味著男孩同意的幾率更大。
Physicians with low communication scores likelier to receive complaints from patients
考試中交流得分低的醫(yī)生更可能受到患者向監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)提出的申訴
'Women who increased their starch intake over one year were at a much likelier risk for recurring
增加淀粉攝入超過(guò)一年的女性癌癥復(fù)發(fā)的可能性更高。
