用作形容词与副词的likely

用作形容词与副词的likely

1. 用作形容词，意为“可能的”，若要加强语气，其前可用very, highly, quiet等修饰，使用时注意以下同义句型：

很可能他今晚会给我打电话。

正：He’s very likely to ring me tonight.

正：It’s very likely that he’ll ring me tonight.

很可能他会成功。

正：It’s highly likely that he will succeed.

正：He is highly likely to succeed.

2. 用作副词，意为“可能”，通常与 most, very 连用。如：

I think she’ll very [most] likely be late. 我想她很可能遮到。

Most likely he had gone for a glass of beer. 很可能他去喝杯啤酒去了。

用于习语as likely as not（很可能）；not likely（绝不可能）等。如：

As likely as not, it will rain. 很有可能要下雨。

A：Have you invited your mother-in-law? 你邀请了你的丈母娘没有?

B：Not likely. 我才不请她呢!