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a. 不太可能的



    unlikely
    [ adj ]
    1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

      2. <adj.all>
      legislation on the question is highly unlikely
      an improbable event
    2. has little chance of being the case or coming about

      3. <adj.all>
      an unlikely story
      an unlikely candidate for reelection
      a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism
    3. having a probability too low to inspire belief

      4. <adj.all>


    Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
    1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
    an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

    2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
    unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.

    3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
    [Obs.] ``The unlikely eld of me.'' --Chaucer.


    Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
    In an unlikely manner.

    1. Mr. Main also said it is unlikely Nintendo would consider acquiring a major U.S. toy company.
    2. Its far-flung voters would be unlikely to approve bonds to fund a jail, hospitals or other public works; and services would suffer, they contend.
    3. Though French officials generally said a reversal of the decision is unlikely, one official who declined to be named said, "You can't rule anything out."
    4. By attempting to reconcile some of these bitter enemies, Mr. Gorbachev is seeking to establish himself as the unlikely heir to Henry Kissinger and Anwar Sadat as the region's preeminent deal maker.
    5. Gearing is high and is unlikely to fall until Wace can make some significant property disposals. However, the other ratios - dividend and interest cover - look fairly comfortable.
    6. Diplomats in Rangoon say the government is highly unlikely to give in to such demands.
    7. U.S. OBJECTIONS to a Central American peace plan make progress unlikely.
    8. But he called that unlikely.
    9. With hourly wages in 1992 65 per cent of the west German level, but output per worker at only 40 per cent, it is unlikely to enjoy one.
    10. Congress's failure to overhaul the Gramm-Rudman budget law before leaving for its August recess makes it unlikely that there will be substantial budget reductions this year.
    11. Deportable Cuban detainees are being held in a strict "lockdown" in a penitentiary in Talladega, Ala., so another disturbance is considered unlikely.
    12. This seems unlikely to succeed. Whatever happens, the ANC may yet regret focusing so much attention on the constitutional talks.
    13. An editorial published with the study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the stress of grief is unlikely to cause illness in most people.
    14. Mr Shepard yesterday declined to comment. Mr Sinclair, who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for either Sir Anthony or Mr Shepard, is now regarded as unlikely to be appointed to either position.
    15. More generally, every passenger can expect to produce a pound of liquid during a flight, In the unlikely event that a lavatory should fill up, sensors warn the cabin crew, which then shuts the lavatory down.
    16. Some of this would come from existing aid programmes, but new money of Dollars 75bn a year would also be required. Mr Strong said in London yesterday these figures assumed that all aid programmes would start at once, which was unlikely.
    17. At the center of this debate is Father Carroll, 50, a baby-faced priest and unlikely hero for the homeless.
    18. "This probably makes very good sense for Jack Tramiel" though it is unlikely others will follow suit, added Mr. Bajarin, an analyst for Creative Strategies Inc.
    19. It is "most unlikely, if not inconceivable" that supervisors will go back on what has been agreed, he said.
    20. The December calendar usually is filled with cases granted review the previous spring, but since the justices appear unlikely to fill even the November argument calendar, they aren't likely to have enough cases ready to hear in December.
    21. He received gratuities from Beaverbrook which it is unlikely that a politician would survive today, but one does not doubt his independence.
    22. Lower interest rates alone will not compensate for job insecurity and the realisation that, come what may, personal incomes are unlikely to rise much over the next few years.
    23. Yet just such an unlikely army has lined up against the national curriculum and its associated system of national tests.
    24. But until those outbursts of illiquidity are tamed to a greater degree, it seems unlikely that individuals will reverse their long-term trend and return to direct ownership of stocks.
    25. They are unlikely to win a medal, but there are encouraging signs.
    26. "Through concerted efforts to find and produce more of our domestic resources, we may be able to slow the rate of decline in U.S. production, but it is unlikely under current conditions that we will be able to reverse the trend," Easton said.
    27. The IIMR includes major restructuring costs in headline earnings, for example, even though such costs are unlikely to recur.
    28. That flow could be checked, but it is unlikely to be reversed in the long term.
    29. In spite of massive investments by Fisons they failed to clear the drug and made further observations about Opticrom's manufacturing processes. Opticrom is now unlikely to be relicensed in time for the US rag-weed season which starts in August.
    30. Moreover, analysts say that with Globe earnings down sharply, it's unlikely the company could fetch the rumored $1 billion asking price.
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