likely / probable / possible 意为“可能”

1. likely 常指从表面迹象来判断有可能。常用结构：sb/sth is/are likely to do sth和It is likely+that从句。

2. probable 可能性最大，表示“很可能，十有八九”。常用结构：It is probable+that从句。

3. possible 可能性最小，指客观上有可能，往往含有“希望很小”的意味。常用结构：It is possible (for sb) to do sth和It is possible+that从句。

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1·We will likely see him later.

我们很可能晚些时候会见到他。《牛津词典》

2·We will most likely see him later.

我们很可能晚些时候会见到他。《牛津词典》

3·Tickets are likely to be expensive.

入场券可能很贵。《牛津词典》

4·Talks are likely to start next Tuesday.

会谈可能在下星期二开始。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The matter is likely to go to arbitration.

这件事可能要交付仲裁。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong.

他不大可能承认自己错了。《牛津词典》

7·The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.

这个问题很可能是棘手的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·It is likely that investors will face losses.

那时投资者将面临亏损是很可能的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。《牛津词典》

10·The series is likely to be screened in January.

这部系列剧可能在1月份播放。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

可能

1·Talks are likely to start next Tuesday.

会谈可能在下星期二开始。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The matter is likely to go to arbitration.

这件事可能要交付仲裁。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong.

他不大可能承认自己错了。《牛津词典》

4·Park illegally, and you're likely to be ticketed.

违章停车就可能收到罚款单。《牛津词典》

5·Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?

谁较可能接替他担任党的领袖？《牛津词典》

有可能的

1·The more stress you are under, the more likely you are to catch a cold.

你所受的压力越大，越有可能患感冒。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months.

更低的费率意味着各公司更有可能在未来的几个月里获得大量利润。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Children of smokers are more likely to start smoking than are children of nonsmokers.

吸烟者的子女比不吸烟者的子女更有可能会染上烟瘾。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.

研究显示父母离异的孩子更有可能在中学辍学。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.

他们的研究显示，如果父母任何一方吸烟，1岁的婴儿更有可能患过敏。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

很可能

1·It is likely that investors will face losses.

那时投资者将面临亏损是很可能的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.

她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。《牛津词典》

3·It is therefore highly likely that the outlaw fishing boats harvested about 9,000 tons of lobster illegally that year.

因此，当年非法捕捞的渔船很可能非法捕捞了约9000吨龙虾。

4·If the irritation is severe enough, a sleeping person will arouse, clear the airway, then resume breathing and likely return to sleep.

如果刺激足够剧烈，睡着的人就会醒来并清理气道，恢复呼吸，并很可能再度陷入睡眠中。

5·Offspring of these fish would likely behave like their parents and feed and live in the same area, keeping them separate from the original population.

这些鱼的后代很可能会像它们的父母一样，在同一地区捕食、生活，并与原来的种群分隔开来。

可能会

1·This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

这项决定很可能会使许多人不快。《牛津词典》

2·His results are likely to reopen the debate on race and education.

他的结果很可能会重新引起关于种族和教育的辩论。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Some jobs are quite likely to have a negative spillover into family life.

有些工作很可能会对家庭生活带来负面的影响。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Opposition parties are likely to bring a no-confidence motion against the government.

反对党可能会对政府提出一项不信任议案。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 2007. Hence a new set of policy actions will be required soon.

贸易不平衡在2007年可能会再度上扬。因此需要很快采取一系列新的政策行动。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

容易

1·Overall, men are more likely than women to make excuses.

总的来说，男性比女性更容易找借口。

2·Did you know women are more likely than men to feel exhausted?

你知道女人比男人更容易感到疲惫吗？

3·They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely.

他们逃避挑战，因为挑战更容易让人犯错。

4·A more complicated system is, in general, more likely than a simple system to break down.

一般来说，一个更复杂的系统比一个简单的系统更容易崩溃。

5·Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident.

令人惊讶的是，他发现当裁判离事发地点越近时，越容易出现失误。

或许

1·That job likely shows up in the industry Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals, which has grown by 22% over the past three years.

这样的工作或许在“网络出版和传播以及搜索引擎指南”领域中显现出来，该产业在过去三年已经扩大了22%。

2·Fortunately, such a scenario is likely to remain science fiction. But smart systems might be vulnerable to malfunctioning or attacks by hackers.

幸运的是，这一幕或许仍然只是科幻小说中的情节，不过智能系统的确很容易瘫痪或是被黑客侵袭。

3·Typically, the application server keeps a pool of endpoints, so the second option is likely to provide for greater reuse between multiple threads.

通常，应用服务器保持一个端点池，所以第二个选项或许是为了在多个线程之间提供更好的重用而提供的。

4·However, while having a senior design executive is something that can and likely should be emulated, blindly trying to emulate the nature of Steve's involvement is rather more questionable.

然而，虽然聘请一个设计方面的高管是可以效仿的，或许也确实有必要，但盲目模仿乔布斯参与设计的方式却很值得怀疑。

5·The irony is that our soldiers are the last people who are likely to call themselves heroes and are apparently very uncomfortable with this kind of talk.

讽刺的是，我们的战士们或许是最后自称英雄的人，而且显然，他们相当不乐意这样的称呼。

合适的

1·With even the Americans and British bailing out companies with public money, the state is back in favour in the least likely places.

但即使美国和英国利用公款援助其企业，这种国家恩赐也被用在最不合适的地方。

2·I couldn't find a likely house.

我找不到一个合适的房子。

3·He seems the most likely person for the job.

这项工作他似乎是最合适的人。

4·We found pattern of a kind of profit for Internet, and it is the most likely pattern.

我们为互联网找到了一种赢利模式，而且是最合适的模式。

5·Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

最合适的诊断是下列哪项？

(1)is likely to有可能…

(1)most likely最可能

(1)less likely最不可能的是；较少可能

(1)much more likely极可能

(1)more likely than not较有可能；多半可能

(1)as likely as notadv. 很可能，说不定