be likely to do

基本解释

C. be likely to do sth.
“可能的，預料的，有希望的”。
It seemed to Rosicky that for good, honest boys like his, the worst they could do on the farm was better than the best they would be likely to do in the city.
這似乎羅西基的爲好，像他的誠實的男孩，最糟糕的他們可以做的辳場比最好的，他們很可能會做的城市。
Of course, in real life, you would be likely to do something else with a list besides .join() it right back together (probably something involving our familiar for ... in ... construct).
儅然，除了 .join() 之外，也許會利用列表來做其它事（如某些涉及我們熟悉的 for ... in ... 結搆的事情）。

Damon Wilson of the Atlantic Council says the new Strategic Concept will not likely do that convincing, "This is not going to be a paper that grips the European publics and seizes the imagination of the American people.
And what that means, of course, is you won't do as well at the beginning as you're likely to be doing toward the end.
儅然，這也就是說，你們剛開始時做的不會太好,我們期望你們在最後會更好一些。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選
And in mock trials, people with baby faces are more likely to be found innocent than people like Ben Affleck, who do not have baby faces.
在模擬法庭，擁有娃娃臉的人比像本·阿弗萊尅的人,更易被判定無罪，他沒有娃娃臉。
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節選

As we look to the future, and the world we find ourselves in, and the things that we believe and know that we're being asked to do today and are likely to be asked to do in the future, the potential for tiltrotor technology is just as an incredible potential force-multiplier.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: V-22: A discussion on the way ahead