be likely to do

基本解释

C. be likely to do sth.
“可能的，预料的，有希望的”。
It seemed to Rosicky that for good, honest boys like his, the worst they could do on the farm was better than the best they would be likely to do in the city.
这似乎罗西基的为好，像他的诚实的男孩，最糟糕的他们可以做的农场比最好的，他们很可能会做的城市。
Of course, in real life, you would be likely to do something else with a list besides .join() it right back together (probably something involving our familiar for ... in ... construct).
当然，除了 .join() 之外，也许会利用列表来做其它事（如某些涉及我们熟悉的 for ... in ... 结构的事情）。

Damon Wilson of the Atlantic Council says the new Strategic Concept will not likely do that convincing, "This is not going to be a paper that grips the European publics and seizes the imagination of the American people.
And what that means, of course, is you won't do as well at the beginning as you're likely to be doing toward the end.
当然，这也就是说，你们刚开始时做的不会太好,我们期望你们在最后会更好一些。
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And in mock trials, people with baby faces are more likely to be found innocent than people like Ben Affleck, who do not have baby faces.
在模拟法庭，拥有娃娃脸的人比像本·阿弗莱克的人,更易被判定无罪，他没有娃娃脸。
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As we look to the future, and the world we find ourselves in, and the things that we believe and know that we're being asked to do today and are likely to be asked to do in the future, the potential for tiltrotor technology is just as an incredible potential force-multiplier.
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