is likely to be

基本解释

If you took high school chemistry, then you undoubtedly recall the bizarre drawings of the "orbitals" that describe where in an atom or a molecule an electron is likely to be found.
“如果你曾上过的高中化学课，那么毫无疑问你能记起这些奇特的“轨道”图片，它描绘了一个分子或者原子的电子可能被发现的位置。
But they are not worried about the expense - it is likely to be because they believe their date should pay for the pleasure of being with them, according to researchers at St Andrews University.
不过美女们并不是担心这些花费。圣安德鲁斯大学的研究人员认为，这很可能是因为她们认为自己的约会对象应该为和她们在一起感受到的愉悦而付钱。
The same thing is true of other well-studied bugs, such as those that cause typhus and plague, and is likely to be true of most bacteria.
同样的事在其他研究成熟的病毒中也是一样的，如引起斑疹伤寒和鼠疫的病毒中，而且可能大部分细菌都是这样。

Money that is likely to be spent quickly can burn a hole in your pocket.
I don't know where any one of them is, but I can tell you on average where any one of them is likely to be.
我不知道它们中单独的个体在哪，但我可以大体告诉你,它们其中一个将是会怎样。
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PROFESSOR: Great question. So the question is, how do you choose an algorithm, why would I choose to use a pseudo-polynomial algorithm when I don't know how big the solution is likely to be, I think that's one way to think about it.
教授：问得好，所以问题是，你怎样选择算法，为什么当我,不知道解决方案会有多大的时候,我要选伪多项式算法呢，我想这是一种思考问题的方式。
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