单词:likelier
音标:[ˈlaikliə] ;
likely(很可能的)的比较级形式
likely的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- I'm likely to be very busy tomorrow.明天我可能很忙。
- They'll very likely ask for an increase in the budget.他们很可能会要求增加预算。
- I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go bankrupt.我听到传闻说公司很可能要破产。
- A rather different fate seems more likely.另一种大不相同的命运似乎更可信。
用作副词(adv.)
- Most likely it were in the lining of my coat.那东西很可能在我上衣的衬层里。
- I shall very likely be here again next month.下个月我很可能再来这儿。
- You'll most likely see these animals at twilight.黄昏时分你很可能会看到这些动物。
常见句型
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.- They are likeliest candidates.他们是最有可能当选的候选人。
- That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.那是我们迄今听到的最有可能被采纳的建议。
- They are likely young men.他们是有希望的青年人。
- He is likeliest person for the job.他是最适合做这份工作的人。
- He says he just forgot about it—a likely story!他说他仅仅是忘了——像煞有介事!
- That's a likely story!说得倒真像那么一回事!
- Rain is likely in all parts of the country today.今天全国各地区都可能下雨。
- They are likely to be free this afternoon.他们今天下午或许有空。
- He seems likely to pass the exam.他似乎有可能通过考试。
- The harvest seems likely to be good this year.今年的收成可能会好。
- It is not likely that he will come.他不一定来。
- It isn't likely that I should accept such an offer as that.我不可能接受像那样的帮助。
- It seems likely that prices will go up.物价似乎有可能上涨。
用作副词(adv.)
- They'll very likely come by car.他们很可能开车来。
常用短语
用作副词(adv.)
as likely as not- (很)可能probably
词汇搭配
- as likely as not说不定(或许...
- likely to可能
- most likely time estimate最可能时间估计...
- equally likely event等可能事件
- likely enough恐怕, 也许
- most likely很可能
- not likely不见得
经典引文
I hope that none of your friends are likely to come in.
出自:E. M. ForsterIn a television studio, where the acoustic is liklier to be drier.
出自:ListenerIt seems likely that St Paul's was the church Edmund was going to.
出自:A. ThwaiteOfficers..were six times as likely to be killed as their men.
出自:H. BaileyHis life provided models for behaviour in any likely circumstance.
出自:G. GreeneSurveys carried out last winter have helped to predict likely road conditions.
出自:Lancaster Guardian