Game of Thrones · 第 1 季
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unlikely

/ənlˈaɪkliː/B1

不太可能的 / 靠不住的 (adj.)

由否定前缀 `un-` 和 `likely`(可能的)组合而成,口语中非常高频,用来表示某件事发生的概率极低。

Jeyne Poole's mother had five children, all of them girls.
-Yes, but it's highly unlikely. -But what if?
Well, if you only had girls,