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单词

likelihood

读音
ˈlaɪklihʊd
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词根

Likelihood 的词根是 likely, 来自古英语的 'liclīc',意为“可能的,合适的”。

释义

n. 可能性,可能

例句

The likelihood of infection is minimal.
传染的可能性微乎其微。
There is very little likelihood of that happening.
几乎没有发生那种事情的可能。
He faces growing unease among the Democrats about the likelihood of war.
他面对着民主党人对战争可能性的日益增加的不安。

强化记忆

你可以这样记忆:Like (喜欢) + lihood。你喜欢的事情,通常你都觉得有可能发生,因此 "likelihood" 表示可能性。Likelihood 的源头必须追溯到古英词汇 'liclīc',经过许多年的发展和变形,它在现代英语中变化为 likely,相应地, likelihood 则表示有可能的状态或状况。

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This silence carries profound consequencesfor the likelihoodthat nonviolence can grow,
whose ancestry isn't Eastern European Jewish like mine,had a very low likelihoodof also being a carrier for the Tay-Sachs mutation.
How would you look at this from the perspective of energy,and is there any likelihoodthat Russian oil and gas is going to stop flowing,
What all of this means is that from the age of 34,there is a declining likelihoodthat a man will father a child through intercourse.
they are unlikely to have any effect on a student's future credit scoreor their likelihood to invest.A more significant predictor of how well you manage your finances
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