例句:當你拜訪他們時,他們很可能請你吃鼎泰豐。
(The) chances are (that) they will invite you to Din Tai Fung when you call on them.連接詞 when 遇到未來式 will invite 時,when 後方句中的動詞須改用現在式 call on。
It’s likely that they will invite you to Din Tai Fung when you call on them.
They are likely to invite you to Din Tai Fung when you call on them.
They will probably invite you to Din Tai Fung when you call on them.
例句:未熄滅的菸蒂可能是這場大火的主因。
(The) chances are (that) an unextinguished cigarette is the cause of the great fire.例句:Ted 極不可能和 Amy 分手。
It's likely that an unextinguished cigarette is the cause of the great fire.
An unextinguished cigarette is the likely cause of the great fire. [ likely 在此當形容詞 ]
The great fire is probably caused by an unextinguished cigarette.
It's extremely unlikely that Ted would break up with Amy.副詞 extremely 可修飾形容詞 unlikely,也可將 extremely 換成 most、quite、very。
Ted is extremely unlikely to break up with Amy.