中國(guó)人最易誤解的話(huà)第30期:很可能還是不可能?

　　Mr. Norman will help you, as likely as not.

　　(誤譯)諾曼先生不可能幫助你。

　　(正譯)諾曼先生很可能會(huì)幫助你。

　　1. may well 很可能;充分理由;有充分理由可以……

　　If you do not, you may well be wrong—there iscertainly some wisdom in crowds.

　　如果你不這樣做，你就很可能是錯(cuò)的——群眾中肯定是存在一些智慧的。

　　If the manager closes some funds to new money, hemay well decide to start up others.

　　如果一些經(jīng)理關(guān)閉一些吸錢(qián)的基金，那么意味著他們將開(kāi)設(shè)另外的基金。

　　Millions may well have been excluded, including many migrants in big cities such as Jakarta.

　　百萬(wàn)人很有可能被排除在外，包括在諸如雅加達(dá)等大城市的移民。

　　2. be likely to 傾向于，很有可能

　　Remain at a price or be likely to rise.

　　停在一個(gè)價(jià)位上或有可能上升。

　　I will be likely toto study English .

　　我很可能出國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。

　　We'll be likely to their several people this month .

　　這個(gè)月我們有可能招聘一些人。

　　3. in all probability 多半，很可能

　　In all probability the server is down.

　　可能服務(wù)器就是當(dāng)機(jī)了。

　　She is, in all probability, from Australia.

　　她很可能是澳大利亞人。

　　In all probability the money will not be paid.

　　這筆錢(qián)很可能是不會(huì)償付的。

　　4. no doubt adv. 無(wú)疑地;很可能地

　　I suppose you have no doubt about that?

　　我想對(duì)你這個(gè)說(shuō)法不會(huì)有疑問(wèn)吧?

　　No doubt you'll look great in a tuxedo, Martin!

　　馬丁，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)地，你穿晚禮服看起來(lái)一定很帥!

　　There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors.

　　毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，我們的來(lái)訪是不受歡迎的。

　　5. ten to one 十有八九(表示很有可能);十比一

　　The ratio was about ten to one.

　　二者的比率大約是十比一。

　　Ten to one he has forgotten it.

　　明天十有八九會(huì)下雨。

　　Ten to one she has forgotten it.

　　十有八九她忘記了它。