【likely音标】 英[ˈlaɪkli] 美[ˈlaɪkli]
【单词释义】 likely是什么意思：
adj.可能的；似乎合适的，仿佛恰当的；有希望的
adv.可能；或许；大概；多半
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[比较级] likelier [最高级] likeliest
【关联词/派生词】
likewise adv.同样地；也，而且
likeness n.相象，相似；画像，肖像
likelihood n.[U]可能，可能性
like v. 喜欢 prep.（表示属性）像；和…一样
liken vt.比拟；把…比作
【单词例句】
◇ Later, I received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology. On hearing that Columbians were more likely to kiss others, I soon felt at ease.
后来，我收到他送来的一盒磁带，里面录了他的道歉。当听到这只是因为哥伦比亚人更倾向于见面时互相亲吻时，我很快就感到轻松安心了。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ In fact, women who took 4,400 steps per day, on average, were about 40 percent less likely to die during the follow-up period of about four years compared with women who took 2,700 steps. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
事实上，与每天走2700步的女性相比，平均每天走4400步的女性在大约四年的随访期间死亡的可能性要低40%。该研究结果于上周三发表在《美国医学会内科杂志》上。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ Those who didn't eat in the morning were up to 87 percent more likely to develop heart woes.
早上不吃东西的人患心脏疾病的可能性要高87%。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ "You're likely to wake up with numbness and tingling, and it can increase the chance of muscle and joint pain," she said.
她说：“你醒来时可能身体发麻刺痛，还可能导致肌肉和关节疼痛。”
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ By the time you wake up, you likely haven't eaten for 10 or 12 hours, which is where breakfast got its name — it means "breaking the fast," DeFazio said.
早晨醒来，你已经10到12个小时没有进食，这就是“早餐”名字的来源，意思是“打破禁食”。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ In medieval times, getting caught scribbling with one's left hand could earn accusations of being possessed and, during the Spanish Inquisition, lefties were more likely to be tortured or killed.
在中世纪，被发现用左手写字会被指控受到魔鬼操控，在西班牙宗教法庭上，很可能会被判处酷刑或死刑。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ "Once someone gets into work they likely take some time to check emails and settle in," Trougakos says. "Then it takes time to become immersed in whatever task they are working on. So 11am as a peak productivity time for task completion makes sense."
特劳加科斯说：“一旦人们开始工作，他们可能会花些时间查看电邮，并开始处理工作事务。之后还要过些时间人们才能沉浸在工作任务中。所以上午11点工作效率最高是有道理的。”
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ John Quenby,professor of physics at Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine in London,said the most likely explanation for gamma-ray bursts is that they result from the enormous energy released when two very dense objects—called neutron stars—collide.
伦敦的国家科学技术和医学学院的物理教授John Quenby说道：对伽马射线爆炸的最好解释就是，他们是由于两个被称为中子星的高密度物体的碰撞，而释放出来的巨大能量。
---- The Big Bang