likelihood

noun

1. the probability of a specified outcome

Synonym: likeliness

1. 可能；可能性
The likelihood of something happening is how likely it is to happen.

likelihood的近义词

e.g. The likelihood of infection is minimal...
感染的可能性极小。
e.g. There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening...
这种事情发生的可能性不大。

2. 可能的事
If something is a likelihood, it is likely to happen.

e.g. But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause...
但如果人们确切知道自己的钱会用于做善事，他们就可能更愿意掏腰包。
e.g. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
众所周知，那不仅可能发生，而且是很可能发生。

3. 十之八九；极有可能
If you say that something will happen in all likelihood, you mean that it will probably happen.

e.g. In all likelihood, the committee will have to interview every woman who's worked with Thomas.
十有八九，委员会将不得不与每一位曾和托马斯共过事的女性面谈。

1. 可能性：序假设:决策者的决策需要三种知识:关于世界状态的知识,表现为对事件可能性(likelihood)的比较能力,即对状态空间指派概率分布的能力;关于结果的知识,表现为对结果空间偏好(attractiveness)的比较能力,即对结果空间指派效用的能力;

2. 似然性：连锁分析是根据基因的重组率来计算两基因之间的染色体图距的遗传分析方法,主要得益于Fisher提出的似然性 (likelihood) 的概念. 所谓似然性可被认为重组分数传递过程中的观察概率或表型概率. 似然性估计在方法上常采用对数概率,