Likely

(adj.) within the realm of credibility; 'not a very likely excuse' .

(adj.) has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; 'these services are likely to be available to us all before long'; 'she is likely to forget'; 'a likely place for a restaurant'; 'the broken limb is likely to fall'; 'rain is likely'; 'a likely topic for investigation'; 'likely candidates for the job' .

(adj.) expected to become or be; in prospect; 'potential clients' .

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• For instance, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It would be difficult to find a human being less likely to arouse affection. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I don't think you need be afraid of that, replied Helena, with great scorn; Andros is not likely to rule Melnos. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I had not thought of both; I should not think either, likely. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Foreign locality, likely. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The journey was likely to be a silent one. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• And this lawful use of them seems likely to be often needed in the regulations of marriages and births. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Do you think it is likely an eruption will take place, Maurice? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Most likely, said Marks, she's took in somewhere; but where, 's a question. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• If she leaves no children---- Which she is likely to do? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Can give me some little clue by which to seek him out in the likeliest manner, and either produce him, or establish what has become of him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It's the wisest thing to expect, and the likeliest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• That somebody was assassinated by somebody vindicating a difference of opinion was the likeliest occurrence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I exclude extremes, of course; and a very close resemblance in all those points would be the likeliest way to produce an extreme. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• In that case, who was the likeliest person to possess the power of compelling her to remain at Welmingham? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• What may be the likeliest means? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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