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释义
（很）可能；
双语例句
用作副词(adv.)
I'm afraid he's not pervious to our proposal.
恐怕他不会接受我们的建议。
Mosquitoes are feared as vectors of malaria.
恐怕蚊子是疟疾的传播体。
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1. As likely as not she's forgotten all about it.
她很可能把这事忘得一干二净了。
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2. Flocks are not fussy, so they are as likely to alight in a bush in a city park as on a rural hawthorn hedge.
鸟儿们并不挑剔，所以它们可能降落在城市公园中的灌木上，或是乡村的山楂树篱上。
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3. It is not likely that, for any species of monkey, crowding increases aggression as significantly as was seen in rats.
对于任何一种猴子来说，拥挤不可能使其像老鼠一样显著地增强攻击性。
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4. It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight budget.
这没关系，只要它们是令人愉快的，而且不太可能有负面影响，比如喝酒过量或者在预算紧张的情况下疯狂消费。
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5. “They’re not as stable as a regular tooth would be, and they’re much more likely to come out” during a biting.
位于弗吉尼亚海滩的眼镜蛇军犬训练营的主人， 杰夫-富兰克林说, “军犬不能用镶满一口钛合金牙齿，使它们看上去更加威猛凶悍。 他们不像普通牙齿那样稳定，而且它们在咀嚼时，更容易被呲出来”。
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6. Although your child may not eat three well balanced meals each day, as long as it balances out over a one or two week period, with foods from all of the food groups, then he likely has a healthy diet.
虽然您的孩子可能不会每天三顿营养均衡，但只要在了一个或两个星期内所吃的食物来自不同的食物组，那么他很可能有一个健康的饮食习惯。
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7. A sunscreen with an SPF of 60 might be better than one with an SPF of 30, but not necessarily - and the SPF 60 product isn't likely to be twice as effective as the SPF 30 product.
防晒系数为60的防晒霜可能会比防晒系数只有30的要好，但这也没有必要，而且防晒系数为60的防晒产品所达到的效果并不是防晒系数为30的两倍。
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8. The discovery was made even as it emerged that the no 3 reactor was not likely to have been breached, as feared earlier.
这一检测发现的消息传来之际，另有消息称，3号反应堆并不像之前担心的那样，可能已经发生泄漏。
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9. Winds are just as likely to be gusty at sea as on land, and just as likely to change direction as not.
海上的风完全可能象陆上的风一样具有阵性，且它在两地改变方向同样频繁。
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10. And, the dangers of climbing would not likely be as life-threatening as scaling the slopes of Everest.
而且，攀登时威胁生命的危险程度也不会像攀登珠峰的陡坡那么大。
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11. As long as it's just a rogue, though, and not a systemic cultural issue, then the response is far more likely to be pity than anger.
但只要它仅仅是一个流氓，而非系统性的文化问题，其造成的反应极有可能是怜悯，而非愤怒。
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12. Not as likely to have after-market security devices, such as warning, tracking and disabling devices.
一般没有售后安全设备，比如警报器、追踪器和禁止设备。
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13. More than likely, a simple date-based naming scheme will not be sufficient, as these names will become too vague and unclear as more backups are created.
很多情况下，基于日期的简单命名方案并不能满足需要，因为随着创建的备份越来越多，这些名称将变得十分模糊，令人难以区分。
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14. Advisers, subordinates, spouses and friends are simply not as likely to be as engaged - or as honest.
顾问、下属、配偶和朋友，都不会同样地用心——或诚实。
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15. Not as many banks are likely to fail as in the S&L crisis, largely because there are about 8, 000 fewer today than there were in 1988.
跟中小金融联合会危机相比，这次应该似乎不会倒闭那么多的银行，很大程度上是因为现在约有8，000家，比1998年还要少。
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16. He was cheerfully blind and deaf to all hints, and if the exasperated missus said anything to him straight, he would look shocked, and reply, as likely as not.
他乐呵呵地对所有的暗示装聋作哑，如果恼怒至极的主妇直截了当地对他说什么的话，他就会做出一副震惊的样子，并很有可能这样回答？
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17. And it's not as decadent as you think: if you're dipping broccoli in a butter-and-lemon sauce, Klein points out, you'll likely use less sauce than if it were poured on.
而且这并不如你想象中的颓废：克莱恩指出，如果蘸着黄油柠檬酱吃西兰花，你很可能会发现这样比你把全部酱汁浇到蔬菜上用少很多。
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18. Individual plants amassed as many as 211 violations and still were able to treat residue as a problem "not reasonably likely to occur."
个别工厂累积了总数为211项的违例，而且仍然认为没什么必要将残留物看做一个严重的问题。
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19. Older employees, many of whom may not like using computers and avoid doing so as much as possible, are less likely to embrace emerging concepts such as Enterprise 2.0.
年长的雇员，很多可能不愿意使用并尽量避开计算机，不大可能会喜欢Enterprise 2.0这样的新事物。
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20. In several versions of this simple sequence, participants who had been mimicked were two to three times as likely to pick up the pens as those who had not.
在目睹了几次这样简单的情形之后，参与实验的学生开始模仿并以自己从未使用过的拣笔方式拾笔2到3次。
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21. AOT code is native code and generally executes faster than interpreted code (although it is not likely to run as fast as JIT-generated code).
AOT代码是原生代码，执行速度通常比解释的代码快(但是不太可能像JIT生成的代码那么快)。
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22. While the pressure may not be as extreme for designers as it is in other AD agency positions, you will most likely be working under deadlines with people who are under pressure.
虽然压力可能不是设计师极端，因为它在其他广告代理公司的立场是，你将最有可能是工作压力下的人下的最后期限。
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23. Compassion is not easily understood or accepted by these folks, and it just hurts you both more in the end as it is likely to be used as a weapon against you.
同情不能容易地被这些人接受和理解，它只会最终让你们两人受到更大的伤害，因为有可能它被作为一种用于对付你的武器。
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24. "First let me say that we are not economists," Jobs said. "Your next door neighbor can likely predict what's going to happen as accurately as we can....
“第一点，我们不是经济学家，”乔布斯说，“你隔壁的邻居可能也会预测将要发生的事实，至于准确度也可能跟我们一样……我们拥有最优质的顾客……而他们也不像是会放弃自己在苹果产品上已经体验甚至习惯了的品质和无缝集成服务的人。
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25. Because it is a relatively strong type of laser, it was not a likely candidate for use on something as delicate as the eye.
因为它是一种相对较强的激光仪，所以不可能用于像眼科手术这样精密的手术。
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26. Because it is a relatively strong type of laser, it was not a likely candidate for use on something as delicate as the eye.
因为它是一种相对较强的激光仪，所以不可能用于像眼科手术这样精密的手术。
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