likelihood
名詞可能，可能性; [數(shù)]似然，似真
名詞
1. There is every likelihood that she'll come.
她極有可能來這兒。
2. likelihood
2. Do you think there is any likelihood of his agreeing to it?
你覺得他有可能同意這件事嗎？
1.
1. 可能性：序假設(shè):決策者的決策需要三種知識:關(guān)于世界狀態(tài)的知識,表現(xiàn)為對事件可能性(likelihood)的比較能力,即對狀態(tài)空間指派概率分布的能力;關(guān)于結(jié)果的知識,表現(xiàn)為對結(jié)果空間偏好(attractiveness)的比較能力,即對結(jié)果空間指派效用的能力;
2. 似然性：連鎖分析是根據(jù)基因的重組率來計算兩基因之間的染色體圖距的遺傳分析方法,主要得益于Fisher提出的似然性 (likelihood) 的概念. 所謂似然性可被認為重組分數(shù)傳遞過程中的觀察概率或表型概率. 似然性估計在方法上常采用對數(shù)概率,
1. 可能；可能性
The likelihood of something happening is how likely it is to happen.
e.g. The likelihood of infection is minimal...
感染的可能性極小。
e.g. There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening...
這種事情發(fā)生的可能性不大。
2. 可能的事
If something is a likelihood, it is likely to happen.
e.g. But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause...
但如果人們確切知道自己的錢會用于做善事，他們就可能更愿意掏腰包。
e.g. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
眾所周知，那不僅可能發(fā)生，而且是很可能發(fā)生。
3. 十之八九；極有可能
If you say that something will happen in all likelihood, you mean that it will probably happen.
e.g. In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
十有八九，委員會將不得不與每一位曾和托馬斯共過事的女性面談。