less likely
不太可能：指某事发生的可能性较小或较低。
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基本释义
- 不太可能：指某事发生的可能性较小或较低。
例句
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1·They're also less likely to deviate in how they treat employees.他们在对待员工的方式上也不太可能有失偏颇。
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2·The employees were less likely to leave their jobs, resulting in reduced turnover.员工离职的可能性更小，因此人员流动率降低。
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3·The more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.这些承诺看起来越戏剧化、越有意义，就越不可能被遵守。
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4·Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.不是所有的大学都会提供奖学金；一般来说，越挑剔的学校越不可能这样做。
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5·The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual enterprises to get credit for their accomplishments.与其他知识型企业相比，社会科学不太可能因其成就而获得赞誉。
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6·A year after the program, participants were less likely to have had an encounter with the juvenile justice system.项目实施一年后，参与者接触青少年司法系统的可能性降低了。
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7·Blacks are statistically less likely than whites to be referred for kidney transplants or early-stage cancer surgery.据统计，黑人比白人更不容易被委托做肾脏移植或早期癌症手术。
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8·Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40% less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study from Duke University.杜克大学的一项新研究显示，童年早期有注意力问题的儿童，高中毕业的可能性要低40%。
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9·Overall, there was a large generational shift in which the second generation of parents was much less likely to spank than their own parents.总体上看，有一个很大的一代人的转变，与自己的父母相比，第二代父母更不可能打屁股。
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10·They were less likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely.例如，和住在其他地方的人相比，他们不大可能会出现抑郁症状，也不大可能感到无聊或孤独。