| 词汇 | unlikely |
| 释义 | unlikely adjective uk /ʌnˈlaɪ.kli/ us /ʌnˈlaɪ.kli/ unlikelyadjective (NOT PROBABLE)B1 not probable or likely to happen: 不大可能发生的 [ + (that) ]It's pretty unlikely (that) they'll turn up now - it's nearly ten o'clock.他们现在不大可能来了——都快10点了。 not able to happen, exist, or be true impossibleYou can't be at my party and at work at the same time – it's impossible! be out of the questionGoing on holiday under these circumstances is out of the question. no wayThere is absolutely no way your mother will allow that. inconceivableIt's inconceivable that the president didn't know about the military attack. unthinkableA wide-scale nuclear attack is unthinkable. The lack of evidence means that the case is unlikely to go to court.缺乏证据意味着本案不大可能提交法庭。 The government is unlikely to agree to the rebels' demands for independence.政府不可能同意叛乱者提出的独立要求。 Such unpopular legislation is unlikely to be introduced before the next election.如此不受欢迎的立法不可能在下次选举之前提出。 Let's face it, our team is most unlikely to win. This film is unlikely to attract large audiences unless it is given a big push in the media. Uncertainty amorphous be neither fish nor fowlidiom blurringly blurry circumstantial indeterminacy indeterminate indeterminately insecurely insecurity murky shakily shakiness shallowly slippery spec wavery wifty wishy-washy you never knowidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Impossible and improbable unlikelyadjective (NOT EXPECTED)[ only before noun ] not the same as you would usually expect: 非心目中的，非想象的 He's an unlikely-looking doctor (= he is not what I expect a doctor to look like).他看上去不太像个医生。 Being and appearing different against the current anomalously another anti-conventional apple buck clash depart depart from something deviate differ differ between something differ from something disagree non-complementary non-conventional non-identity non-representative othering vary You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not expected or planned unlikelyadjective (PROBABLY NOT TRUE)C2[ only before noun ] probably not true: 难以相信的，不能信服的 When I asked what he was doing there, he came up with some unlikely explanation.当我问他在那里做什么的时候，他的解释令人难以信服。 True, real, false, and unreal actual actuality actually all that glitters is not goldidiom alternate reality false false flag falsely fantastical fever dream non-realistic not so muchidiom nothing could be further from the truthidiom nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom parallel universe unreal untrue untruly unverifiable urban myth GrammarLikely and unlikely Likely and unlikely are adjectives. We use them to say that something will probably happen or not happen in the future. We can use them before a noun, or with the verbs be, seem and appear: … unlikely | American Dictionaryunlikely adjective us/ʌnˈlɑɪk·li/ not expected to happen; not likely: [ + (that) clause ]It’s unlikely (that) we will ever learn what happened. Examples of unlikelyunlikely Again, although none of these have been measured in field settings, these joint conditions are unlikely to be met. He or she will be unlikely to perseverate, regardless of the contextual manipulations. In the first place, it is unlikely that sensory information can be moved to a focus of attention except in a metaphorical sense. In the absence of spatial analysis, it is unlikely that similar insights or advances could have been achieved. Parasitism is reported as low, often with no response to host density and unlikely to have an impact upon the host population. He argues that this would be unlikely to apply to interphrasal agreement due to the incremental nature of language production. Finally, reduced input is unlikely to cause acquisition failure. Nevertheless, the results are unlikely to be too far from the truth. The kinds of concerns we are considering are unlikely to lead to disastrous consequences if our views are not shared. First, our willingness to discount unlikely strategies varies with the desirability of the goal we hope to achieve. Further, if it has not occurred within 1 to 2 years after the repair, it is unlikely to occur after that time. Perforation or damage to adjunct structures is also unlikely, and did not occur during our existing experience. Theoretically, unifocalization would help, but is very unlikely to be good enough for long term survival. Neither parasitoid refrained from oviposition in situations where its progeny were very unlikely to develop. The adoption of a new household-formation system across all social groups within thirty years is highly unlikely. See all examples of unlikely These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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