unlikely是什么意思？

In contrast, the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal in the trends themselves.

A new technology is unlikely to take the place of an old one without a clear advantage.

A quantitative- based one, for example, is unlikely to be sent home, where one could ask their older brothers and sisters to help.

If you are on a plane with a sick passenger, you are unlikely to get sick.

The goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 ℃ is commendable but the emissions-reduction pledges submitted by countries leading up to the Paris talks are very unlikely to deliver on this.

Some version of the Swedish system might work well for a majority of American parents,but the United States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model.

However, a further increase in farming area without impacting unfavourably on what remains of the world's natural ecosystems appears unlikely.

The predicted intergenerational warfare is unlikely because most of the older people themselves mostly have families.

Papers like Einstein's would unlikely get published today

A car that takes off from London street and lands in another random street is unlikely to happen," says Prof.

We're unlikely to spend our last moments regretting that we didn't spend enough of our lives slaving away at work.

While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes twice.