学个词Learn a Word 第1626-likelihood

　　今天我们要学的词是 likelihood. Likelihood 可能性。美国西维吉尼亚州连续六年，一直是开车最容易撞到鹿的州。The likelihood of a West Virginian driver to hit a deer is 1 in 68. 西维吉尼亚州有驾照的人，每68个人里，就有一个人可能会撞上鹿。 飓风Sandy在美东登岸前，天气预报说，The likelihood of a big storm, with monster winds and heavy rains is increasing. 天气出现狂风暴雨的可能性越来越大。以往八届总统大选，美国科罗拉多大学都事先准确地预测出了选举结果。这次，The model indicates that Mitt¹ Romney has a 77 percent likelihood of winning the popular vote. 该模型预计，罗姆尼有77%的可能赢得全民选票。好的，今天我们学习的词是 likelihood, likelihood, likelihood....

1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。