Probable; credible. 或有的；可信的。 Suitable; qualified. 似真的；像样的。 I called at every likely house in the village. 我遍访村中像样的住宅。 Favorable; promising. 有利的；有望的。 Being such as to make something probable. 可能会的。 That is likely to happen. 那有可能发生。 He is likely to go. 他可能会去。 most (very) likely 很可能；大概。 Not likely! (非正式用法)必不！绝不！(= Not on your life!) A likely event is one that in the circumstances would be expected to happen; a likely prophecy is such as might prove true. Likely 一字表示按情形看来有可能发生；likely 的预言系或可证实者。 Probable is less emphatic than likely; a probable event, though more apt than not to happen, is nevertheless more in doubt than a likely event. Probable 一字较 likely 为弱；probable 的事虽有发生之可能，但其可能性比 likely 的事小。（See apt.） doubtful, improbable, unlikely. |