be likely to do意思是很有可能做。likely的基本意思是“可能的”“適合的”。用作表語(yǔ)時(shí)，可接帶to的動(dòng)詞不定式或that-clause。likely前可用very修飾。側(cè)重于表示事情還沒做，在討論可能性。

be likely to do的用法

e likely to用于談?wù)摽赡苄?，例?/p>

Are parents who have a lot of money likely to spoil their children?有錢的父母會(huì)更容易溺愛孩子嗎?

be likely to也常與more和less連用以對(duì)事物作比較，比如

I think men are more likely to spend a lot of money on food than women are.我認(rèn)為與女性相比，男性更可能為食物花錢。

I'm probably less likely to go back there than to Prague.

比起布拉格，我倒是不太會(huì)再回到那里了。

可以用not或者unlikely構(gòu)成否定形式，例如

The company is not likely to make a profit in the second half of the year.

這家公司在下半年盈利的可能性不大 。

People are unlikely to listen to him now because they know he lied.大家知道他撒了謊，所以現(xiàn)在不會(huì)聽他說(shuō)話了。

也可以使用后面跟that+分句形式的 it's likely，如

It's likely that sales will rise.