likely是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 很可能的， 有希望的ad. 大概， 多半，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After much shaking of the branches of the family tree, the old lady came to the conclusion that of all persons who could be useful to her nephew among the selfish genus of rich relations, the Vicomtesse de Beauseant was the least likely to refuse.
-- He began to understand, though somewhat tardily, that he must not expect to find many women in Paris who were not already appropriated, and that the capture of one of these queens would be likely to cost something more than bloodshed.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Besides, they observed that it appeared that I had brought the body from another place, and it was likely that as I did not appear to know the shore, I might have put into the har-bour ignorant of the distance of the town of from the place where I had deposited the corpse.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Womenknew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted and safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely tobe a very pleasant place for women to live.
-- They were likely to propose in three or four months.
-- Yes, Governor Brown'sdarlings are likely to smell powder at last, and I imagine most of them will be much surprised.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It had dropped into a watchful and brooding expression,--most likely when all the things about her had become transfixed,--and it looked as if nothing could ever lift it up again.
-- The stranger looked at me again,--still cocking his eye, as if he were expressly taking aim at me with his invisible gun,--and said, "He's a likely young parcel of bones that.
-- We went on in this way for a long time, and it seemed likely that we should continue to go on in this way for a long time, when one day Miss Havisham stopped short as she and I were walking, she leaning on my shoulder; and said with some displeasure,--"You are growing tall, Pip!"
-- In addition to the dread that, having led up to so much mischief, it would be now more likely than ever to alienate Joe from me if he believed it, I had a further restraining dread that he would not believe it, but would assort it with the fabulous dogs and veal-cutlets as a monstrous invention.
-- "If you had waited another moment, Biddy, you would have heard me say that I shall bring my clothes here in a bundle one evening,--most likely on the evening before I go away."
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The world may very likely not always think of them as they think of themselves, but what care they for the world?
-- Chanticleer observ-ing that they were but thin fellows, and not likely to take up much room, told them they might ride, but made them promise not to dirty the wheels of the carriage in getting in, nor to tread on Partlet's toes.
-- So he left her by herself; and though he thought it most likely that the wild beasts would tear her in pieces, he felt as if a great weight were tak-en off his heart when he had made up his mind not to kill her but to leave her to her fate, with the chance of someone finding and saving her.
-- The merchant thought this was no great thing to ask; that it would most likely be his dog or his cat, or something of that sort, but forgot his lit-tle boy Heinel; so he agreed to the bargain, and signed and sealed the bond to do what was asked of him.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Finding it was likely to overblow, we took in our sprit-sail, and stood by to hand the fore-sail; but making foul weather, we looked the guns were all fast, and handed the mizen.
-- My master, finding how profitable I was likely to be, re-solved to carry me to the most considerable cities of the kingdom.
-- When I arrived at the port of Maldonada (for so it 242 Gulliver's Travelsis called) there was no ship in the harbour bound for Lug-gnagg, nor likely to be in some time.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I say, Loo!I thought I'd come, and just hint to you what was going on: though I supposed you'd most likely guess, even if you didn't know.
-- To a more agreeable adviser, or one from whom he would be more likely to learn, Mr. Harthouse could never be recommended.
-- Whether forgive my plainness whether any great amount of confidence is likely to have been established between himself and his most worthy father.'
-- I may have wanted more than she was likely to have got.
-- 'Oh!If that's all,' observed Tom, 'it wouldn't much matter, even if I was to forget it, for Loo's not likely to think of you unless she sees you.'
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Very likely he would make the discovery himself when I should have suffered starvation for nothing.
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