likelihood

英 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

美 [ˈlaɪklihʊd]

n.  可能; 可能性

复数：likelihoods　

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牛津词典

noun

• 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 可能；可能性
  Thelikelihood ofsomething 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。
• N-SING 可能的事
  If something is alikelihood, 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。
• PHRASE 十之八九；极有可能
  If you say that something will happenin 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。

英英释义

noun

• the probability of a specified outcome
  Synonym:likeliness

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The likelihood of infection is minimal
  感染的可能性极小。
• There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening
  这种事情发生的可能性不大。
• 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。
• 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。