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unlikely

Word family 
un·like·ly /ʌnˈlaɪkli/ ●●● S3 W2 adjectiveadj
1  PROBABLY#not likely to happen 未必會發生的，不大可能的
Donna might be able to come tomorrow, but it’s very unlikely.
唐娜明天也許能來，不過這可能性很小。
unlikely to do something
The weather is unlikely to improve over the next few days.
接下來的幾天天氣不大可能好轉。
it is unlikely (that)
It’s unlikely that the thieves will be caught.
這夥竊賊被抓住的可能性不大。
in the unlikely event of something (=if something which is unlikely happens) 萬一
In the unlikely event of a fire, passengers should move to the top deck.
萬一發生火警，乘客應轉移到頂層甲板上。
2  RELATIONSHIPan unlikely place, person, or thing is strange and not what you would expect 〔地點、人或事〕非想象中的
The birds had nested in some unlikely places.
這種鳥在讓人意想不到的地方築了巢。
The quiet village of Brockhampton was an unlikely setting for such a crime.
很難相信甯靜的布羅克漢普頓村會發生這樣的犯罪。
3  BELIEVE#not likely to be true 不大可能是真的，靠不住的
an unlikely story
不大可信的說法
n COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
highly/most/very unlikely
It’s highly unlikely that he’ll survive.
extremely unlikely
The government is extremely unlikely to change its policy.
rather/pretty/quite/fairly unlikely
I may have thrown it away by mistake, but that’s pretty unlikely.
increasingly unlikely (=more and more unlikely as time passes)
It looks increasingly unlikely that the Bank of England will cut interest rates.
nouns
an unlikely possibility/prospect
The most unlikely possibility was that she might resign.
an unlikely scenario/occurrence
They should build a new road, but that’s an unlikely scenario.
an unlikely alliance/coalition
Once he resigned as president, the unlikely coalition of former enemies fell apart.
phrases
in the unlikely event of something (=if something which is unlikely happens)
In the unlikely event of an accident, the system will automatically shut down.
Examples from the Corpus
unlikely• She might come with us, but it's fairly unlikely.• Anthony eventually tracks him down and the unlikely chums share a drink or two too many.• Students invent all sorts of unlikely explanations as to why they can't do their homework.• Ex-journo turned editor, his recent tome Gothic Rock enjoyed the unlikely publishing coup of having no competition.• That sounds a pretty unlikely story to me!• Waterstone's was an unlikely success story of the 80s Thatcherite boom.• It is unlikely that anyone saw the attack.• It's highly unlikely that Burton will be the party's nominee.• I think it's unlikely that the police had anything to do with it.• But they are unlikely to be able to save more than a dozen or so seats.• A small amount of the drug is unlikely to have any harmful effects.• A large proportion of our researchers are therefore unlikely to make major contributions to the literature of their research area.• It is unlikely to put them out.• It will be gearing up this year, but is unlikely to repeat the 1991 rights issue.
it is unlikely (that)• And yet, for all the sound and fury, it is unlikely Mr Ashcroft will be rejected by the Senate.• Zeffiro cautions that it is unlikely that all dyslexics have exactly the same underlying brain problems.• With an established, respected management company it is unlikely that any band would secure an agreement for less than five years.• For it is unlikely that many Koi on the market today are without some Doitsu genes.• Therefore, it is unlikely that reflux of acid or gas had occurred just before the onset of the contractile activity.• Indeed, as a general problem, it is unlikely that two divisions will arrive amicably at a suitable transfer price.• But where there is energy there is life, so it is unlikely that you will be jobless or unsuccessful for long.• If such machinations are seldom heard of in this period it is unlikely to be because they were rare.

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