be likely to do,意思是很有可能做。likely的基本意思是“可能的”“适合的”。用作表语时,可接带to的动词不定式或that-clause。likely前可用very修饰。侧重于表示事情还没做,在讨论可能性。
be likely to用于谈论可能性,例如
Are parents who have a lot of money likely to spoil their children?有钱的父母会更容易溺爱孩子吗?
be likely to也常与more和less连用以对事物作比较,比如
I think men are more likely to spend a lot of money on food than women are.我认为与女性相比,男性更可能为食物花钱。
I'm probably less likely to go back there than to Prague.
比起布拉格,我倒是不太会再回到那里了。
可以用not或者unlikely构成否定形式,例如
The company is not likely to make a profit in the second half of the year.
这家公司在下半年盈利的可能性不大 。
People are unlikely to listen to him now because they know he lied.大家知道他撒了谎,所以现在不会听他说话了。
也可以使用后面跟that+分句形式的 it's likely,如
It's likely that sales will rise.
like和likely的关系:likely是like的副词形式。
like和likely的区别有:
like的意思是:
(1)vt.喜欢,愿意,想。
(2)vi.希望,喜欢。
(3)prep.像,如同。
(4)adj.相似的,同样的。
(5)n.爱好,同样的人或物。
例句:
01 I don't want to act like my friend.
我不想像我朋友那样干。
02 Others would like to do so.
其他政府也许会愿意这么做。
likely的意思是:
(1)adj.可能的;适合的;有希望的。
(2)adv.可能;或许;大概;多半。
例句:
Vancouver,4,000bikes,likely2012.
温哥华也很可能在2012年建成覆盖4,000辆自行车的网络。