Our program seemd unlikely to compleunlikely suspectste on time.
我们的项目似乎不可能按时完成了。
It is unlikely that she will pass the exam.
她通过考试似乎不太可能。
This is an unlikely answer.
这是一个不太可能的答复。
It is unlikely that he will arrive on time, considering the heavy traffic.
考虑到交通拥堵，他按时到达的可能性很小。
It's highly unlikely that we'll find a parking spot in this busy area.
在这个繁忙的区域，我们找到停车位的可能性非常小。
The chances of winning the lottery are so slim that it's almost unlikely.
中彩票的几率如此之小，几乎可以说是不太可能的。
She's unlikely to change her mind, as she's very stubborn.
她很固执，所以不太可能改变她的想法。
It's unlikely that the lost wallet will be returned; people tend to keep what they find.
遗失的钱包被归还的可能性不大，因为人们往往会保留他们找到的东西。
With such a tight schedule, it's unlikely that we'll be able to finish the project before the deadline.
以这样紧张的时间表来看，我们很可能无法在截止日期前完成项目。
Given his poor health, it's unlikely that he'll run a marathon.
考虑到他的健康状况不佳，他跑马拉松的可能性很小。
The company is unlikely to offer a salary increase this year due to the economic downturn.
由于经济下滑，公司今年不太可能提供加薪。
It's unlikely that aliens have visited Earth, given the vast distances involved.
考虑到涉及的巨大距离，外星人访问地球的可能性很小。
Despite his efforts, it's unlikely that John will pass the exam without studying properly.
尽管他努力了，但如果没有好好学习，约翰通过考试的可能性很小。
Vytautas Vorobjovas, a Lithuanian e-commerce expert told Verslo Zinios that the entry of Chinese platforms into the Lithuanian market is unlikely to affect local e-commerce players such as Pigu or Senukai.
立陶宛电子商务专家Vytautas Vorobjovas告诉Verslo Zinios，中国平台进入立陶宛市场不太可能影响Pigu或Senukai等当地电子商务参与者。
They like the products' characteristics such as flexibility and foldable style, which make them easy to carry and unlikely to break.
他们喜欢这些产品的特点，如灵活性和可折叠的风格，这使它们易于携带，不太可能断裂。
According to Ren, the global economy is unlikely to improve in the next 3 to 5 years.
任表示，未来3到5年，全球经济不太可能好转。
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday that the antitrust penalty imposed on it is unlikely to have a "material negative impact" on the company's business, and it pledged to invest more in improving how it serves merchants and customers.
阿里巴巴集团周一表示，监管机构对其处以的反垄断罚款不太可能对该公司业务产生“重大负面影响”，并承诺将增加投入，以改善其服务商家和客户的方式。
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday the latest antitrust penalty is unlikely to exert "material negative impact" on its business, and pledged to invest more on better servicing both merchants and customers.
阿里巴巴集团周一表示，最新的反垄断罚款不太可能对其业务产生“重大负面影响”，并承诺将加大对商家和消费者服务的投入。
"It has become clear that for many domestic companies, the faster they replace (hardware and software technologies) with homegrown components and solutions, the less unlikely will their businesses be seized by the throat," said Pei Misi, president of 4Paradigm.
"Even if TikTok were to be banned in the US, which I think is unlikely to happen, users would find a way to keep using it," she said.
While most industries are badly hit by the globally spreading COVID-19 outbreak, online education has emerged as the unlikely beneficiary of the coronavirus pandemic.
He said the temporary shutdown of the Pepsi food plant, which mainly produces Lay's, is unlikely to have a material impact on the overall Pepsi business in China.
Luckin Coffee Inc's potential delisting from the Nasdaq is unlikely to be a major hindrance for other Chinese firms that are seeking overseas listings, a leading global investment bank said.
André Calantzopoulos, CEO of Launsanne-based PMI, said since tobacco control strategies in most countries focus on supply and demand measures intended to prevent initiation, reduce consumption and encourage cessation, they have resulted in a decline in smoking prevalence over the last three decades, but are unlikely to eliminate smoking altogether.
Boeing had hoped the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would approve the plane's return to the sky by the end of December, but that now appears unlikely.
But all the bids were rejected, with the board deciding they were unlikely to realize sufficient value and would leave the group in a state that was "unlikely to be sustainable".
But it's unlikely he is exiting the company completely and for good," said Cao Lei, director of the E-Commerce Research Center at the Internet Economy Institute.
"The Republican commissioners led by Simons said if the FTC had gone to court "it is highly unlikely that any judge would have imposed a civil penalty even remotely close to this one.
The company's Associate General Counsel Jack Gilbert said the clauses "enable thousands of Europeans to do business worldwide" and "provide important safeguards to ensure that Europeans' data are protected once transferred overseas", but London-based technology lawyer Peter Church told the Bloomberg that it was "pretty unlikely" the EU court would xa0uphold the current format of standard contractual clauses.
However, Wang said it would be unlikely to obtain such a profit given Luckin's costs in acquiring new customers and market promotions.
Publicly endorsed on primetime US television, the unlikely partnership between traditional Western television and a viral online app resulted in record engagement for TikTok, with more than 80 million downloads following in the US alone.
But that is unlikely to be forthcoming.
"I think it's unlikely," Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said in an interview Thursday with Reuters, when asked if Luckin might overtake Starbucks in China by the end of 2019, pointing to the 18 percent growth in new Chinese stores the company racked up in the fourth quarter.
Mawston said it is highly unlikely Apple will move any iPhone production to the US.
马斯顿表示，苹果将iPhone生产转移到美国的可能性极低。
"It's unlikely that it will shake up the position of China's big three telecom operators in the short term," Xiang added.
Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute and an emeritus fellow of Oxford's St Antony's College, said in an interview with South China Morning Post that Oxford's decision is unlikely to be in response to US government policy regarding Huawei.
伦敦大学亚非学院中国研究院主任、牛津大学圣安东尼学院荣誉退休研究员史蒂夫·曾（Steve Tsang）在接受《南华早报》采访时表示，牛津大学的这一决定不太可能是对美国政府针对华为政策的回应。
While live-streaming the tropical environment, which many of her younger students may never end up seeing, the entire class - and their teacher - got a surprise they're unlikely to forget: an impromptu audience with China's richest man.
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office, the prosecutorial office handling the case, determined after an investigation by the Minneapolis Police Department's sex crimes unit and a review by four senior sexual assault prosecutors that evidentiary problems would have made it highly unlikely that criminal charges against Liu could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Yet, market demand remains robust, and the ongoing consumption upgrade trend will not change, meaning it is unlikely that Moutai's prices will plunge in the near future, BOC said.
Several analysts called the company's outlook conservative and said any outright dip in profit seems highly unlikely.
To wear a pair of Neiliansheng shoes that are unlikely to be found elsewhere seemed a brilliant idea to her.
Latest iPhone models unlikely to do so well in China due to absence of major upgradeApple Inc's dual SIM card design for new iPhones in the Chinese market will resonate well with local consumers, but the lack of a major upgrade is likely to dent their enthusiasm to buy them, experts said on Thursday.
While Ma's plan to gradually step back is a milestone, analysts and industry professionals said it was unlikely his involvement would change significantly.
"The global property market has endured cycles of boom and bust, and the Chinese property market is unlikely to be substantially different in the future," Haigh said, "Evergrande is posed to ride the surge, but Dalian Wanda's move away from traditional property development represents an effort to build the value of their brand outside the cyclical nature of this industry.
David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance, said: "The global property market has endured cycles of boom and bust, and the Chinese property market is unlikely to be substantially different in the future.
When companies are less sure of where future demand is, they are unlikely to make significant investments, for example, building a new factory that would create new capacity, or hiring employees to deliver more services.
Alibaba Group's financial affiliate Ant Financial decided to delay its listing and is unlikely to launch an initial public offering before the end of 2019, according to a report by Financial Times, citing people familiar with the issue.
He thinks that proportion is unlikely to change much in the near future.
However, for cast magnesium parts such as these, it is unlikely that another supplier would be able to produce these parts on short notice," he said.
"For example, it would be most unlikely and very unwise for Fosun to change the name of Lanvin," he said.
“For example, it would be most unlikely and very unwise, for Fosun to change the name of Lanvin,” he said.
Without the scale of ambition demonstrated in China, it is unlikely that we would have considered building centers in Europe either.
But he added it is unlikely that Leshi will exit the stock market, as the listed arm has not conducted any illegal activity.
The decision is unlikely to have an immediate impact on Uber's operations in Europe, where it has cut back its use of unlicensed services such as UberPOP and adheres to local transportation laws.
"Based on what I've seen, it seems unlikely to me that there's a basis for a challenge (to stop the deal)," he said.
A combined number of only hundreds of dockless bikes run by Mobike and Spin are unlikely to be a public nuisance in downtown, but the companies promised to have hands on the ground to ensure that those bikes are legally and neatly parked.
These investments are unlikely to slow down in the future, he said.
"Given China's long term expansion plans for nuclear power, it is highly unlikely that the country will be self-sufficient," he added.
"It's also part of a clear effort by Chinese power groups to diversify their earnings sources and these investments are unlikely to slow down in the future," he added.
"SMEs are unlikely to get bank loans under the current system, which mostly serves large companies.
"This trend is unlikely to abate in the next few quarters given the high level of interest in the part of Chinese companies," said Joseph Jacobelli, a senior analyst with Asia utilities and infrastructure research at Bloomberg Intelligence.
A series of experimental steps to improve efficiency are expected, but dramatic measures are unlikely, she added.
Euronet chief executive officer Mike Brown said last week that a deal with the Chinese company posed a risk to national security and was unlikely to get clearance from US regulators due to the proximity of many MoneyGram vendors to US military bases.
The sources did not disclose the reasons why the deal was unlikely to receive approval from US state regulators, but added Anbang refused to disclose some information required by regulatory authorities.
Besides, those passengers who usually book first-class and business-class flights are "unlikely to be influenced by the issue, as they believe that the service in those classes would remain premium", he said.
"We believe the supply-chain shift is likely to be gradual, as China's competitive advantages of a large and relatively high-skilled workforce, well-developed infrastructure, industrial expertise and efficient and complete manufacturing value chain are unlikely to be overtaken by other countries in the near term," the report said.
However, it is unlikely that China's overall growth advantages will fade away anytime soon.
然而，中国的整体增长优势不太可能在短期内消失。
He said the World Bank divides the global market into seven major blocks, with the United States, Germany, and China occupying pivotal positions in terms of supply chains, and it is a structure that is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
"More rate cuts within 2023 are unlikely in my view, but policy rates will only go down in the longer term in line with China's slowing potential growth. "
For these reasons, China is unlikely to face a 'lost decade' (or two) of economic growth.
基于这些原因，中国不太可能面临连续十年（或二十年）的经济增长停滞期。
"We think that low inflation is going to be temporary while deflation is unlikely," said Yothin Jinjarak, senior economist at the Asian Development Bank's resident mission in China.
Green shoots indicating a pick up in economic momentum in August have increased the confidence of international financial institutions which feel that China is on track to achieve its annual growth rate target of around 5 percent, with negative consumer inflation unlikely to reappear amid recovering demand.
Overall, the differences between China and Japan, including the ongoing transition in China's market economy and the varied nature related to balance sheets and debt, make it unlikely that China will successfully adopt a one-size-fits-all potent fiscal stimulus approach without considering other factors necessary along the road to sustainable economic growth.
For instance, students' demand for studies in the US has dropped due to Sino-US trade frictions, and it's unlikely to return to the 2019 level quickly," said Zou Jianjun, a professor at the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China.
"A fragmented world is unlikely to achieve progress for all, or to allow us to tackle global challenges such as climate change or pandemic preparedness," Gourinchas wrote in the Foreword to the World Economic Outlook.
Zhu Min, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, highlighted the importance of financial stability, saying it is unlikely that there will be a new round of interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve in the near term.
Despite a slight year-on-year rise in CPI in the coming period due to the recovery in consumption, CPI growth is unlikely to breach the 3 percent control target this year, as monetary policy remains sound and domestic goods and services are in adequate supply, Feng added.
They noted that the risk of a substantial economic slowdown and more bank failures in the United States is rising as the Fed walks a tightrope between curbing inflation and ensuring financial stability, although a global financial crisis remains unlikely.
"Inflation is unlikely to become a policy constraint in China, giving plenty of room for the government to step up policy support in terms of boosting domestic demand and spurring consumption," said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
Only a third of them viewed it as unlikely this year.
Experts said China's inflation is unlikely to become a major policy constraint in China, while many advanced economies have been tightening policies to curb rising prices.
The prices of pork, a staple meat in China, are expected to stay relatively stable and unlikely to see hikes in the near future, an official with the country's top economic planner said Wednesday.
"While the pressure of insufficient global shipping capacity for oil and LNG tankers is unlikely to ease soon, demand for offshore engineering vessels and auxiliary products will continue to soar globally this year," said Zhang Hongbiao, vice-president of Jiangsu Watts Energy &Engineering Co Ltd. Other products, such as offshore wind power-related equipment, will also grow rapidly under the favorable conditions of the global energy consumption transformation, and become a bright spot in the construction market, said Sun Fuquan, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development in Beijing.
Chinese products having certain competitiveness and significant export advantages in the RCEP region will usually enjoy high-level preferential tariff treatments, and export strength of such products is unlikely to subside over the short term.
For their part, the authorities rolled out measures like boosting car sales to support retail sales; still, consumption is unlikely to pick up meaningfully amid COVID-19 outbreaks, weakening income expectations, and pressures on stabilizing employment, Zheng said.
His remarks have been widely seen by industry insiders as a signal that the antitrust authorities are unlikely to initiate fresh investigations or impose hefty fines on platforms in the near term.
However, the current high container freight rate has aroused great attention from the regulatory authorities of various countries, and it is unlikely that the freight rate will rise further in the future, she added.
Due to shipping groups facing a sharp rise in various costs, such as fuel costs, crew salaries and ship maintenance expenses, and their moves of abandoning the strategy of low-price competition, the possibility of a dramatic decline in freight rates is highly unlikely to occur in the second half, said Mao Wenjun, deputy general manager for the South China branch at COSCO Shipping Lines Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based China COSCO Shipping.
He added that the renminbi's recent depreciation against the dollar is due to short-term shocks, such as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, and is unlikely to alter the country's long-term development potential or derail the future internationalization of the renminbi.
The ongoing geopolitical risks are unlikely to send China's inflation soaring or derail the Chinese central bank's cycle of easing, experts said on Wednesday.
China is unlikely to face a shortage of oil and gas, although the rapid domestic economic recovery has been fueling the growth in oil prices in China.
But the external environment is unlikely to undergo drastic changes and China's macroeconomic policies will not be significantly affected.
In the future, the possibility of a substantial salary increase is unlikely in most industries.
But it is unlikely that the benchmark deposit rate will be lowered.
Wen Bin, chief researcher at China Minsheng Bank, said that domestic inflation is likely to remain mild and unlikely to constrain the country's monetary policy, which means that policymakers will intensify policy support and roll out supportive measures ahead of schedule to ensure the economy operates within a reasonable range.
Zheng Zhuoran, an independent analyst of digital marketing, said the "collapse" of Viya is unlikely to give rise to other lesser-known individual livestreamers, given the business is in essence a "winner-takes-all game".
Jacobi, executive director of the NZIBF, said although New Zealand already has high-quality FTAs with all the RCEP economies, including China, and the immediate trade gains are therefore unlikely to be big, the country will still benefit from market access improvements in some economies and the improvement in trade rules.
Hu Yifan, head of macroeconomics for Asia-Pacific with UBS Global Wealth Management, said Liu's remarks signaled that the Chinese government may moderately ease macro policy in the coming year to avoid any sharp economic slowdown, but aggressive stimulus measures will be unlikely given the emphasis on policy stability.
Seniors' traditional concepts of accumulating wealth and shunning consumption are unlikely to change in the short term and have directly affected growth in the eldercare market.
Overall, authorities are unlikely to make large-scale and short-term policy adjustments in the fourth quarter.
"The prices of major commodities and raw materials will remain elevated in the fourth quarter and they are unlikely to drop substantially in the near term," Xu said.
China's pilot program of a five-year property tax is a step toward healthier growth and the goal of common prosperity, and is unlikely to trigger major long-term fluctuations in the real estate market, economists and industry insiders said.
Low carbon prices are unlikely to generate enough financial incentives.
"As the country keeps strengthening its capability in controlling the pandemic in a scientific way and keeps increasing its COVID-19 vaccination rate, we are unlikely to see another COVID-19 outbreak that will affect consumption and entertainment nationwide.
But, many shipping lines such as Mediterranean Shipping Company, CMA CGM SA and Maersk Line have also emerged as unlikely beneficiaries, making a pile of profits for more than a year.
In the mid- to long-term time frame, the freight rates are unlikely to remain high.
In contrast, massive and broad stimulus measures are unlikely, they said.
"All these situations show that the feared economic decoupling of the world from China is unlikely, as Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks Corp plans to expand its store numbers to 6,000 across China by 2022, and Swiss conglomerate ABB Group will start operations at a $150 million robotics factory in Shanghai in the first quarter of next year.
Wang Tao, head of Asia economics and chief China economist with UBS Investment Bank, said the slowdown in business activities in August signals that the government will soon ease fiscal policy to offset rising headwinds, though a massive, all-around loosening is unlikely.
So, the country is unlikely to loosen regulations relating to debt financing of property developers and local governments, they said.
The latest policy signal from the central bank might indicate a targeted easing of credit, while the overall monetary policy, being prudent and stable, is unlikely to shift to a massive stimulus, according to insiders from some commercial banks.
Shao Yu, chief economist at Shanghai-listed Orient Securities, said that the slowdown caused by the COVID-19 resurgence should be within the expectations of Chinese policymakers or at a tolerable level, and they are likely to further fine-tune macro policies to lend more support to the economy, although drastic easing is unlikely.
The elevated prices of industrial goods in China are unlikely to have a major effect like driving up consumer prices as the country's overall inflationary pressure is largely controllable, offering some policy leeway for the government to further boost domestic demand, economists said on Tuesday.