"Wage increases in one particular factory, no matter how large, are unlikely to be representative of what's going on in the rest of the country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

They're very unlikely to be wrong.

几乎不可能是错的。

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There is a huge difference between the energies in the outermost shell and the inner shells, which tells you that it's unlikely that any electrons except those in the outermost shell are going to be active.

最外层和最里层所具有的能量,有很大差异，而这告诉我们有一点是不太可能的,那就是除了最外层的电子,别的电子都是应该是活泼的。

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Clinton says the broad skepticism among Iranians about the electoral process and the apparent re-election of President Ahmadinejad is unlikely to be quelled by Monday's announcement by Iran's Guardian Council that a partial recount upheld the originally-announced outcome.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

With the impasse unlikely to be resolved before the end of this month, when U.S.troops will drop to their lowest levels in Iraq since the war began in 2003, the U.N.Security Council pressed the legislators to work through their differences in "the national interest" and form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Some of them have pretty aggressive hardcore ideas, which are unlikely to ever be compatible with American interests.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Although she couldn't name who might now be sponsoring the group, she thinks it's unlikely the LRA has been able to sustain its campaign this long without outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27