| 正面 | 2784.likely 英 ['laɪklɪ]美 ['laɪkli]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. g -------------------> ct.2. figment => fiction.adj. 很可能的；合适的；有希望的adv. 很可能；或许 例句： 1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益. likely 可能的like,相似，-ly,形容词后缀，来自like. likely (adj.)c. 1300, perhaps from Old Norse likligr "likely," from likr "like" (see like (adj.)). Old English had cognate geliclic. Meaning "having the appearance of being strong and capable" is from mid-15c., though now mostly confined to American English; according to OED this sense is perhaps influenced by like (v.). Sense of "good-looking" is from late 15c. Meaning "probably" is attested from late 14c., now principally in American English. LIKELY. That may be liked; that may please; handsome. In the United States, as a colloquial term, respectable; worthy of esteem; sensible.--Worcester. [Bartlett] As an adverb, late 14c., from the adjective." |