likelihood

英 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

美 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

n.  可能; 可能性

复数：likelihoods　

CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4994 / COCA.4596

牛津词典

noun

• 可能；可能性
  the chance of sth happening; how likely sth is to happen
  1. There is very little likelihood of that happening.
     几乎没有发生那种事情的可能。
  2. In all likelihood (= very probably) the meeting will be cancelled.
     这次会议十有八九要被取消。
  3. The likelihood is that (= it is likely that) unemployment figures will continue to fall.
     很有可能失业人数会继续下降。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 可能；可能性
  Thelikelihood ofsomething happening is how likely it is to happen.
  1. The likelihood of infection is minimal...
     感染的可能性极小。
  2. There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening...
     这种事情发生的可能性不大。
  3. There is every likelihood that sanctions will work.
     制裁完全可能发挥作用。
• N-SING 可能的事
  If something is alikelihood, it is likely to happen.
  1. But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause...
     但如果人们确切知道自己的钱会用于做善事，他们就可能更愿意掏腰包。
  2. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
     众所周知，那不仅可能发生，而且是很可能发生。
• PHRASE 十之八九；极有可能
  If you say that something will happenin all likelihood, you mean that it will probably happen.
  1. In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
     十有八九，委员会将不得不与每一位曾和托马斯共过事的女性面谈。

英英释义

noun

• the probability of a specified outcome
  Synonym:likeliness

双语例句

• There is every likelihood that sanctions will work.
  制裁完全可能发挥作用。
• Removing the risk in the early iterations improves the likelihood that later iterations and the project are successful.
  在早期的迭代中去除风险会提高后面迭代和项目成功的可能性。
• We have already made improvements to the console that will reduce the likelihood of an occurrence of this issue.
  我们已经对该主机做出了许多改进，来降低突发问题的发生可能性。
• Extraversion reduced a person's likelihood of dying from respiratory disease, but had no other effects on mortality.
  外向性格则降低了个体死于呼吸系统疾患的可能性，但对死亡率其他方面没有影响。
• Some studies, including the new report, suggest DHA supplementation in pregnancy reduces the likelihood of premature birth.
  一些研究，包括最新报告，暗示孕期补充dha会减少早产的可能。
• We shall find in all likelihood that we have lost out.
  我们完全可能会发现我们输掉了。
• In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
  十有八九，委员会将不得不与每一位曾和托马斯共过事的女性面谈。
• If you have a healthy spine, you will decrease the likelihood of back pain.
  如果你拥有健康的脊椎，你就减少了背痛的可能性。
• The second goal is the estimation method of maximum likelihood.
  第二个目标是最大似然的估计方法。
• The result showed that the maximum likelihood algorithm possesses higher stability and suitability on the random measured noise.
  结果表明极大似然算法对随机测量噪声具有更高的稳定性和适应性。