likelihood

noun

1. 可能；可能性
   the chance of sth happening; how likely sth is to happen
   1. There is very little likelihood of that happening.
      几乎没有发生那种事情的可能。
   2. In all likelihood (= very probably) the meeting will be cancelled.
      这次会议十有八九要被取消。
   3. The likelihood is that (= it is likely that) unemployment figures will continue to fall.
      很有可能失业人数会继续下降。

1. N-UNCOUNT 可能；可能性
   The likelihood of something happening is how likely it is to happen.
   1. The likelihood of infection is minimal...
      感染的可能性极小。
   2. There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening...
      这种事情发生的可能性不大。
   3. There is every likelihood that sanctions will work.
      制裁完全可能发挥作用。
2. N-SING 可能的事
   If something is a likelihood, it is likely to happen.
   1. But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause...
      但如果人们确切知道自己的钱会用于做善事，他们就可能更愿意掏腰包。
   2. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
      众所周知，那不仅可能发生，而且是很可能发生。
3. PHRASE 十之八九；极有可能
   If you say that something will happen in all likelihood, you mean that it will probably happen.
   1. In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
      十有八九，委员会将不得不与每一位曾和托马斯共过事的女性面谈。

1. The likelihood is that the slump will be followed by a period of buoyancy.
   萧条过后经济有可能会出现一段时期的繁荣。
2. The most important deterrent for most criminals is the likelihood of detection and arrest.
   对大多数罪犯来说，最大的威慑力量是警方可能会破案并将他们逮捕。
3. The likelihood of infection is minimal
   感染的可能性极小。
4. There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening
   这种事情发生的可能性不大。
5. There is every likelihood that sanctions will work.
   制裁完全可能发挥作用。
6. But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause
   但如果人们确切知道自己的钱会用于做善事，他们就可能更愿意掏腰包。
7. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
   众所周知，那不仅可能发生，而且是很可能发生。
8. In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
   十有八九，委员会将不得不与每一位曾和托马斯共过事的女性面谈。
9. The likelihood is that these companies now will show excellent profits on a two-year time scale
   如今这些公司很可能会在两年内创造丰厚的利润。
10. He faces growing unease among the Democrats about the likelihood of war.
    他面临民主党内对可能出现的战事不断滋长的不满情绪。
11. Some studies, including the new report, suggest DHA supplementation in pregnancy reduces the likelihood of premature birth.
    一些研究，包括最新报告，暗示孕期补充dha会减少早产的可能。
12. If you have a healthy spine, you will decrease the likelihood of back pain.
    如果你拥有健康的脊椎，你就减少了背痛的可能性。
13. The combination of likelihood and impact are used for prioritization.
    可能性和影响的结合用于优先化。
14. Removing the risk in the early iterations improves the likelihood that later iterations and the project are successful.
    在早期的迭代中去除风险会提高后面迭代和项目成功的可能性。
15. This exclusion simplifies the downstream rule conditions and reduces the likelihood of errors.
    这种排除简化了下游规则的条件，减少了出错的可能性。
16. Then they compared that number with the likelihood that a tissue would develop a malignant tumor.
    然后，他们将这些数字与不同组织发生恶性肿瘤的可能性结合起来进行了比较。
17. We shall find in all likelihood that we have lost out.
    我们完全可能会发现我们输掉了。
18. The result showed that the maximum likelihood algorithm possesses higher stability and suitability on the random measured noise.
    结果表明极大似然算法对随机测量噪声具有更高的稳定性和适应性。
19. We can never eliminate financial crises, but we can reduce their likelihood and severity.
    我们永远无法消除金融危机，但我们能降低其爆发的几率和严重性。
20. We have already made improvements to the console that will reduce the likelihood of an occurrence of this issue.
    我们已经对该主机做出了许多改进，来降低突发问题的发生可能性。
21. Decision theory, statistical classification, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, non-parametric methods, unsupervised learning and clustering.
    决策理论，统计分类，最大似然和贝叶斯估计，非参数方法，非监督的学习与聚类。
22. This "increased the likelihood of a negative interaction between banking system adjustment and the real economy".
    这“加大了银行体系调整与实体经济之间产生负面互动的可能性”。
23. The regression process contains the likelihood of the future values of the dependent variable y being in error.
    在回归分析程序中，可能使未来的应变量y值产生了误差。
24. Extraversion reduced a person's likelihood of dying from respiratory disease, but had no other effects on mortality.
    外向性格则降低了个体死于呼吸系统疾患的可能性，但对死亡率其他方面没有影响。
25. We often estimate the return model parameter by ordinary least squares and maximum likelihood.
    对回归模型进行参数估计时，常用的两种重要方法是普通最小二乘法和最大似然法。
26. In this paper, clustering analysis, pattern recognition, likelihood reasoning and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation were discussed respectively.
    本文分别就聚类分析法、模糊识别、似然推理法和综合评判法进行介绍。
27. There is a likelihood that fragments of bone may have entered the brain.
    很有可能骨头的碎片已到了脑子里。
28. The second goal is the estimation method of maximum likelihood.
    第二个目标是最大似然的估计方法。
29. A model and an algorithm were provided for constructing phylogenetic tree based on the principle of maximum likelihood estimate.
    利用最大似然估计原理，给出了构建系统发生树的模型和算法。

noun

1. the probability of a specified outcome

   Synonym:    likeliness