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
likely的最高级

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。
• Of the 10 children of Mr Wang, the founder and chairman of Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's leading petrochemicals group, Ms Wang was not initially the likeliest to have a career in business.
  在王永庆台湾领先石化集团台塑（FormosaPlastics）的创办人兼董事长的10个子女中，王雪红最初并不是最有可能在商界发展的人。
• By combining many such rules, it is possible to work out which cards are likeliest to have been stolen, and which claims are dodgy.
  通过整合这些规则，识别哪个信用卡有可能被偷，哪宗索赔案例是假的。
• Although parasitism by trematodes is the likeliest explanation for most outbreaks of amphibian deformities, it is certainly not the only cause and may often be abetted by additional factors.
  受到吸虫寄生虽是多数两生类畸形的最可能解释，但绝不是唯一的原因，往往也可能受到其他因子连带影响。
• 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。
• The likeliest outcome would be a race to lead the LDP and hence the country.
  最可能的结果就是导致对自民党乃至这个国家领导权的激烈争夺。
• But the likeliest explanation is that conflict between nuclear-armed states is just too dangerous to consider.
  但最具说服力的解释是：核武器国家之间的冲突过于危险，简直不敢想象。
• That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.
  那是我们至今听到的最有可能被采纳的建议。