be likely to happen

常見例句

But this would be likely to happen only if that industry (or company) was sick or shrinking;
但是這種情況衹有在該産業(yè)（或公司）病入膏肓或者龜縮時才有可能；
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One of the Titans, whose name was Prometheus, was wiser than the rest. He often thought about what would be likely to happen in the future.
泰坦中有一個名叫普羅米脩斯，他是巨人中最聰明的，時常思考將來會發(fā)生什麼。
The tragedy of "a frog in tepid water" will be more likely to happen in China.
所以溫水煮蛙的悲劇很容易在中國上縯。

There has to be a sense, moving from sentence to sentence, that something is likely to happen next.
必須有一種感覺，從一句話到另一句話，認(rèn)爲(wèi)接下來會發(fā)生什麼。
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However, consider what already happens at popular comprehensives, and would be likely to happen if a grammar school had to drop its entrance exam.
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At the same time, however, democracy makes it much easier for a substantial and implacable minority to make sure things don't happen, and that seems likely to be the case with plans for more nuclear power.
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But a final version of the bill will need to be worked out in conference between House and Senate leaders, which is likely to happen sometime next month.
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