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- likely [laɪklɪ] [ 'laɪklɪ]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- likely ['laɪklɪ]
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1.
adj
[
usually foll by an infinitive ] tending or inclined; apt- likely to rain
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2.
adj
probable
- a likely result
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3.
adj
believable or feasible; plausible
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4.
adj
appropriate for a purpose or activity
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5.
adj
having good possibilities of success
- a likely candidate
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6.
adj
[dialect]
[chiefly US]
attractive, agreeable, or enjoyable
- her likely ways won her many friends
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7.
adv
probably or presumably
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8.
adv
[Etymology]
C14: from Old Norse l
i kligr -
9.
adv
[Usage]
likely as an adverb is preceded by another, intensifying adverb, as in it will very likely rain or it will most likely rain. Its use without an intensifier, as in it will likely rain is regarded as unacceptable by most users of British English, though it is common in colloquial US English
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1.
adj
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Examples
- a likely cause
- 一个可信的理由 → likely
- a likely man for the job
- 这件工作的适当人选 → likely
- a likely lad
- 一个有前途的小伙子 → likely
- He will very likely go.
- 他很可能去。 → likely
- Of the two, this possibility is more likely than that one.
- 两者当中，这个比那个更有可能实现。 → that
- Of the two possiblities, this is more likely than that.
- 两者之中，前者比后者更有可能实现。 → this
- Of the two, this possibility is more likely than that.
- 两者中，这事比那事更有可能实现。 → this
- It is likely to rain.
- 很可能要下雨。 → likely
- Of the two possibilities, this is more likely than that.
- 在可能发生的两件事中，这件事比那件事更有可能发生。 → that
- The thing is to know when he is likely to arrive.
- 关键是得知道他大概什么时候到。
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