likelier
美 [ˈlaɪkli] 
英 ['laɪkli]
- adv.大概；多半；大概
- adj.适当的；有希望的；很可能的；很像真事的；可能的；预料的；有希望的；似乎合适的
- 网络有可能的
词形变化
比较级：more likely 比较级：most likely 比较级：likelier 最高级：likeliest 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 可能的；预料的；有希望的probable or expected |
| the most likely outcome 最可能的结果 |
| Tickets are likely to be expensive. 入场券可能很贵。 |
| It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth. 盗贼很可能不知道此物的价值。 |
| They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely . 他们也许不会让我们做这工作，但这可能性太小。 |
2. | 似乎合适的；仿佛恰当的seeming suitable for a purpose |
| She seems the most likely candidate for the job. 这项工作，她似乎是最适宜的人选了。 |
习惯用语
a likely story
（表示不相信某人的话）说得好像真有这回事似的，像煞有介事used to show that you do not believe what sb has said
as likely as not|most/very likely
| As likely as not she's forgotten all about it. 她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。 |
not likely!
（表示坚决不同意）决不可能，绝对不会used to disagree strongly with a statement or suggestion
| Me? Join the army? Not likely! 我？参军入伍？没门儿！ |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
There would be a much likelier chance of his doing it if he were told not to love.
如果人家叫他别爱，那么他爱那个人的缘分可能还大得多呢。
Republicans are more than twice as likely as Democrats to see Iran as the top U. S. enemy, while Democrats are likelier to name Iraq.
共和党人认为伊朗是美国头号敌人的人数是民主党人的两倍多，而民主党人更倾向于选择伊拉克。
Andrea Dossena's agent has ruled out a return to Italy for the Liverpool defender, claiming that Spain is a likelier destination.
多二哥的经纪人已经掐灭了这位利物浦后卫重返意大利的念想，而西班牙更有可能是他的下一站。
Committed as he is to austerity, in his budget Mr Osborne is likelier to reform taxes than to cut them.
尽管他致力于财政紧缩，但是在预算中奥斯本更有可能改革而不是减少税收。
Pick a travel company at the vanguard of these changes, and you're likelier to be heard.
因此，要选择处于领先地位的旅游公司，你的意见被听取的可能性会更高。
Worse, firms that default are likelier to end up in full liquidation.
更糟的事，公司的违约问题有可能在年底清算。
The likelier prospect would be a long war that sucked in neighbours (Turkey, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are all candidates).
一种可能的前景是，两派内战持续不断，最后把邻国也拖下水（土耳其，叙利亚，伊朗和沙特都有可能）。
If you use the i Phone you may be likelier to have more sexual partners than users of other popular smart phones, new data suggests.
新的数据显示，iPhone用户可能比其它热门智能手机的用户拥有更多的性伴侣。
But it is not obvious why the police would be any likelier to enforce it.
但警方将很可能执行这一点不明显。
But taken the other way around, if more people can be enticed to do sports, are world-class athletes likelier to emerge?
但是反过来说，如果更多的人被吸引来做运动，是不是世界级的运动员更容易产生呢？
Almost everywhere, he says, leftists are likelier than conservatives to excuse fascistic governments and movements.
他说相比那些保守人士，左派人士不管在哪里，都更容易纵容法西斯政府和运动。
According to new USDA data, students who eat a federally funded school lunch are likelier to be overweight than those who don't.
根据美国农业部的数据，那些吃了联邦政府资助的午餐的同学更容易超重。
Those who'd been randomly rewarded were likelier to stop and help than those who'd won their money.
那些一直是随机获奖的人比那些赢钱的人更可能停止和帮助。
A travel company is likelier to pay attention to someone with 10, 000 followers than a lone wolf with just a handful of contacts.
旅游公司对一个有1万位好友的用户的重视程度，绝对高于联系人寥寥无几的用户。
Some also argue that letting Mr Mugabe in effect pick his successor would make him likelier to step down.
一些人则怀疑让穆加贝总统选择他的继承人是否会让他更有可能下台。
The more money that mining firms spend buying one another, rather than exploring for and developing new mines, the likelier that is.
矿业公司互相收购（而新矿勘探或开发）耗资越多，性也就越大。
That would be likelier if new entrants were encouraged to buy bits of the state-aided banks.
这种可能性将变得更大假如市场的新成员被鼓励去购买那些接受国家救助的银行的部分资产。
A deal now looks likelier, if only just. Great credit is due to Tony Blair for persevering.
如果能够公正些的话，一笔政治交易似乎可能会达成，那么布莱尔应该为他的不屈不挠而得到表扬。
But when the culture becomes more accepting, experimentation is likelier to follow.
但是当这种文化越来越多的被人接受，这种尝试就会伴随着发生。
The charity is dismayed by the ruling on age thresholds, arguing that at 21 women are much likelier to resist a forced marriage.
这个慈善机构对于年龄门槛的规定感到沮丧，认为21岁的妇女最可能拒绝强迫婚姻。
So few private jobs were being created that unemployment looked likelier to rise than fall.
政府创造的个人工作岗位太少，以致失业率更趋向于上升而不是下降。
Easterners are likelier to choose a red pen, while Westerners more often choose the green.
东方人更有可能选择红色的笔，而西方人则会选择那支绿色的。
It is slower to metabolise and likelier to die before it has reproduced.
他的新陈代谢过程减缓，更有可能在繁殖之前死亡。
Easterners are likelier to choose a red pen, while Westerner more often choose the green.
东方人更可能选一只红色的钢笔，而西方人经常选那只绿色的。
I don't think it takes anyone extremely smart or me to know that the second of the two scenarios is likelier to occur.
我不认为这需要特别聪明的人，或者我，来判断第二个场景比第一个场景更容易实现。
That makes it likelier that people will pay over the odds.
这使得人们更有可能付出过高的价格。
Yet competition is likelier than conflict, and the winner is already clear.
不过，竞争的可能性要大于发生冲突的可能性，而赢家已显而易见。
Now that Microsoft has made peace, the other two are likelier targets.
现在，微软已经讲和了，其他两家是更有可能的目标。
A confluence of factors is a likelier explanation.
各种因素的共同作用更有可能说明问题。
Find a partner with sufficiently different MHC, and you're likelier to carry a baby to term.
找一位MHC差异达到足够大的伴侣，那么怀上一个容纳性的宝宝可能性就更大。
Now an even bigger calamity is looking likelier.
如今，甚至极有可能出现更大的灾难。
Anger is much likelier to mount than diminish.
愤怒可能增加更多，而不是减少。
By contrast, he is likelier to hinder growth than cultivate it.
与此相反，比起让经济增长，他倒更加可能妨碍增长。
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't, whichever seems likelier to win an effect.
幽默家的困难，在于他们把相信的和不信的全混在一起，只考虑哪个看上去更。
Show them that inequality has bad results, and they are likelier to sit up and listen.
只有给他们展示出不平等导致的不良后果，他们才更有可能端坐着，洗耳恭听。
Those who had kissed intimately with multiple partners were 3. 7 times likelier to catch the disease.
结果发现，和多个伴侣有过亲密接吻行为者，患病率可能比“控制组”高3.7倍。
That loss seems likelier than ever because the animals are under threat as never before.
这种消失似乎比以往更有可能，因为动物们正处于前所未有的威胁之中。
This in turn means it is likelier that he will agree.
这反过来意味着男孩同意的几率更大。
Physicians with low communication scores likelier to receive complaints from patients
考试中交流得分低的医生更可能受到患者向监管机构提出的申诉
'Women who increased their starch intake over one year were at a much likelier risk for recurring
增加淀粉摄入超过一年的女性癌症复发的可能性更高。
