likeliest
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
- 网络最被看好的候选人
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
He first looked up in the air, as on the whole the likeliest quarter for a voice to come from in this desert, then around.
他先抬头看看，因为在这篇沙漠上，唯有那里可能传来声音。然后他向四周看了看。
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。
He said the likeliest explanation was an emission of radioactive steam from the containment vessel, although that had not been confirmed.
他说这很可能是由于放射性蒸汽外泄导致的，不过目前具体情况尚未得到证实。
Using ground-penetrating radar, they scanned the likeliest areas, turning up what appeared to be a vaulted underground crypt.
他们利用能穿透地面的雷达扫描最有可能的几个地方，发现了一个怀疑地下密室。
Graphene is one of the likeliest materials to replace silicon in computer processing, because electrons travel through graphene much faster.
石墨烯是一种最有可能成为取代矽来制造电脑中央处理器的原材料，因为电子穿过石墨烯非常快。
But in the likeliest scenario, the tax cuts would continue for households earning less than $250, 000 or so a year.
但是最有可能发生的情况是，减税政策对于年收入低于25万美元的家庭仍将适用。
Even so, if the traditional funeral is to be buried, concern for the environment is the likeliest undertaker.
即便这样，如果传统葬礼将被埋葬的话，环境方面的考虑也将是最有可能送它上路的人。
A gloomy U with a long, flat bottom of weak growth is the likeliest shape of the next few years.
那样的话，一个让人泄气的U形曲线，底部是漫长而平缓的微弱增长，就是未来几年经济复苏的真实写照。
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。
Katsuya Okada, a moderniser, would be Mr Ozawa's likeliest replacement, though he led the party to defeat at the last general election.
现代主义者冈田克也（KatsuyaOkada）将会小泽最可能的替代者，虽然在上次大选中他使该党落败。
The yuan is the likeliest candidate to supplant it but has so far taken only baby steps to becoming international.
人民币是最有可能的候选者，但是它的国际化进程才刚刚开始。
is not the likeliest forum for a debate about dating.
com不是以两性关系讨论对象的论坛。
In much the same way, the likeliest trigger for a disintegration of the euro is unknowable.
同理，最有可能触动欧元崩盘的扳机也不为人知。
Successful passage of the plan in coming days, still the likeliest outcome, should inject some confidence into credit markets.
未来几天，这一救市计划很有可能被通过，那么就会增强信贷市场信心。
The likeliest outcome is a hesitant recovery in business spending as firms balance the risks of inadequate investment and insufficient cash.
最有可能的结果是曲折的企业支出的复苏去平衡现金不足，投资不足的风险。
Clues put together by scientists point towards one country as the mariners likeliest point of origin: China!
科学家们集中起来的一些线索指向一个国家极有可能是那些船员们的出发点：中国！
Who do you think will be the likeliest candidate for the manager of human resource department?
你认为谁最可能是人力资源部经理？
It's the wisest thing to expect, and the likeliest. But I think their withdrawing is in your favour.
这是最明智的希望，也是最可能的后果，不过，我认为陪审团退席会对你有利。
The wisest man is the likeliest to possess all worldly blessings in an eminent degree.
世上最聪明的人最可能极大限度地拥有人间一切幸福。
Further consolidation will happen only slowly: the sale of Postbank by Deutsche Post is the likeliest next milestone.
进一步的合并发生将只是时间问题：德国邮政集团（DeutschePost）对德国邮政银行（Postbank）的出售将可能是下一个里程碑。
I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office.
我认识到，对于这一职务，我不是最有希望的候选人。
The Democrats are one vote short of the 60 they need to railroad through the bill and Snowe is the Republican likeliest to provide it.
参议院中民主党还差一票才能达到可以强行通过议案的60票，斯诺是共和党中最有可能投赞成票的人。
The likeliest cornerstone investors are sovereign wealth funds .
主权财富基金最有可能成为基石投资者。
You are likeliest to see the error when the remote computer is running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
如果远程计算机运行的是Windows2000或WindowsXP，极可能出现此错误。
But almost a decade later Flutter, the likeliest-seeming victor, is gone, taken over by its erstwhile rival.
然而大概10年之后，这个本是最有希望的胜利者却消失了，取而代之的是它昔日的对手。
The likeliest explanation is inertia, says Scott Stanley of the Centre for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado.
对于这一点，科罗拉多丹佛大学婚姻及家庭研究中心的ScottStanley说最有可能的解释就是懒惰。
Both massive and controversial, it is perhaps the likeliest symbol of China's accomplishments over the past few decades.
这座建筑不仅规模宏大，而且引发了很多争议，或许这正是中国过去几十年发展成就的最贴切写照。
In fact, he was "never the likeliest candidate for this office" , to quote Barack Obama.
事实上，根据BarackObama的说法，他“并不是这间办公室最佳的候选人”。
The likeliest cause for the taxi driver's reproductive problem?
出租车司机生殖健康问题最有可能的原因何在？
The likeliest candidate is Rahul Gandhi, Sonia's son and the scion of India's chief political dynasty.
最有可能的候选人是拉胡尔•甘地，他是索尼娅的儿子，也是印度首席政治王朝的后裔。
The likeliest scenario is that a gradual increase in supply and a slight mellowing of demand will eventually bring some relief.
最有可能的就是：石油供应的缓慢回升以及对需求的减缓最终会让人松一口气。
I don't think I am the likeliest to drop dead, but I suspect I am the meatiest.
我不认为自己看上去像是马上要倒地死去，但我想我也许是最壮的。
What do you think is the likeliest(the most likely) time to find her at home?
你认为在家里找到她什么时候最合适？。
If life exists elsewhere in our solar system, Mars is the likeliest location, say most planetary scientists.
许多行星科学家们表示，如果说生命存在于我们太阳系的其他地方，那么火星是它们最有可能生存的地方。
The likeliest outcome is that the two will try to preserve their tandem one way or another.
最可能的结果是，二人继续以某种方式共治。
But the likeliest response of stressed banks will be to reduce lending.
但是压力巨大的银行最有可能做的是减少放贷。
I don't think he will be the likeliest candidate for the manager of human resource department.
我认为他将不是人力资源部经理最可能的人选。
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。
Gizmos such as these are the likeliest heroes of the next chapter of electronic bookselling.
像这样的小玩意儿最有可能成为电子书销售下一个篇章的主角。
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。
