likelihood

英 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

美 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

n.  可能; 可能性

复数：likelihoods　

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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

• This exclusion simplifies the downstream rule conditions and reduces the likelihood of errors.
  这种排除简化了下游规则的条件，减少了出错的可能性。
• Decision theory, statistical classification, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, non-parametric methods, unsupervised learning and clustering.
  决策理论，统计分类，最大似然和贝叶斯估计，非参数方法，非监督的学习与聚类。
• We often estimate the return model parameter by ordinary least squares and maximum likelihood.
  对回归模型进行参数估计时，常用的两种重要方法是普通最小二乘法和最大似然法。
• 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。
• 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。
• This "increased the likelihood of a negative interaction between banking system adjustment and the real economy".
  这“加大了银行体系调整与实体经济之间产生负面互动的可能性”。
• 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。
• There is a likelihood that fragments of bone may have entered the brain.
  很有可能骨头的碎片已到了脑子里。
• Then they compared that number with the likelihood that a tissue would develop a malignant tumor.
  然后，他们将这些数字与不同组织发生恶性肿瘤的可能性结合起来进行了比较。
• There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening
  这种事情发生的可能性不大。