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1 probably
probably ['prɒbəblɪ]probablement;∎ you're probably right tu as probablement raison;∎ probably not probablement pas;∎ will you be able to come? - probably pourrez-vous venir? - probablement;∎ will he write to you? - very probably il t'écrira? - c'est très probable;∎ she's probably left already elle est probablement déjà partie, il est probable qu'elle soit déjà partie -
2 probably
probably adv probablement ; very probably ( as reply) c'est fort probable ; he's very probably in Paris il est certainement à Paris. -
3 probably
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4 probably
adverb I'll probably telephone you this evening.) probablement -
5 as likely as not
(probably: As likely as not, he won't remember to come.) vraisemblablement -
6 likely
likely [ˈlaɪklɪ]1. adjectivea. [result, consequences] probable• it is likely that... il est probable que... + subj• it is not likely that... il est peu probable que... + subj• it's hardly likely that... il est peu probable que... + subjb. he is likely to... il est bien possible qu'il... + subj• to be likely to win/succeed [person] avoir de fortes chances de gagner/réussir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to be likely to fail/refuse [person] risquer d'échouer/de refuser• she is likely to arrive at any time elle va probablement arriver d'une minute à l'autre ; (unwelcome) elle risque d'arriver d'une minute à l'autrec. ( = plausible) plausible• a likely story! elle est bonne, celle-là !d. ( = promising) he's a likely candidate c'est un candidat qui promet• he glanced round for a likely-looking person to help him il chercha des yeux une personne susceptible de l'aider2. adverba. (US) ( = probably) probablement• some prisoners will likely be released soon certains prisonniers seront probablement bientôt libérésb. very or most likely très probablement• it will very or most likely rain il va sûrement pleuvoir• are you going? -- not likely! tu y vas ? -- sûrement pas !* * *['laɪklɪ] 1.1) ( probable) probable; [explanation] plausibleit is ou seems likely that — il est probable que
it is not ou hardly likely that — il y a peu de chances que (+ subj)
a likely story! — iron à d'autres! (colloq)
2) ( promising) [person, candidate] prometteur/-euse3) ( potential) [client, candidate] potentiel/-ielle2.not likely! — (colloq) GB que tu crois! (colloq)
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7 should
should [∫ʊd]a. ( = ought to)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• shouldn't you go and see her? est-ce que vous ne devriez pas aller la voir ?what should I do? qu'est-ce que je dois faire ?• should I go too? -- yes you should est-ce que je dois y aller aussi ? -- oui tu devraisb. (past time)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he thought I should tell her, so I'm going to il pensait que je devais lui dire, alors je vais le faire━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When should have implies that something did not happen, it is translated by the conditional of avoir + dû.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When should have means that something probably has happened, it is translated by the present tense of devoir.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he should have finished by now ( = probably has) il doit avoir terminé à l'heure qu'il est ; ( = but he hasn't) il aurait dû terminer à l'heure qu'il estc. ( = would)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When should has conditional meaning, it is translated by the conditional of the French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I should go if he invited me s'il m'invitait, j'irais• we should have come if we had known si nous avions su, nous serions venus• will you come? -- I should like to est-ce que vous viendrez ? -- j'aimerais bien• why should he suspect me? pourquoi me soupçonnerait-il ?• how should I know? comment voulez-vous que je le sache ?• he's coming to apologize -- I should think so too! il vient présenter ses excuses -- j'espère bien !• and who should come in but Paul! et devinez qui est entré ? Paul bien sûr !* * *[ʃʊd, ʃəd]1) ( ought to)as it should be — ( in order) en ordre
...which is only as it should be —...ce qui est parfaitement normal
2) ( in conditional sentences)had he asked me, I should have accepted — s'il me l'avait demandé, j'aurais accepté
I don't think it will happen, but if it should... — je ne pense pas que cela arrive, mais si toutefois cela arrivait...
if you should change your mind,... — si vous changez d'avis,...
3) ( expressing purpose)4) ( in polite formulas)5) (expressing opinion, surprise)‘how long?’ - ‘an hour, I should think’ — ‘combien de temps?’ - ‘une heure, je suppose’
I should think she must be about 40 — à mon avis, elle doit avoir 40 ans environ
and then what should happen, but it began to rain! — et devine quoi - il s'est mis à pleuvoir!
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8 easily
easily [ˈi:zili]a. ( = without difficulty) facilementb. ( = very possibly) biend. (with amounts, measurements) facilement* * *['iːzɪlɪ]1) ( with no difficulty) facilement2) ( comfortably) [breathe] bien; [talk] à l'aise3) ( unquestionably) de loin4) ( probably) -
9 most
most [məʊst]1. adjectivea. ( = greatest in amount) the most le plus (de)• who has got the most? qui en a le plus ?► to make the most of [+ one's time] bien employer ; [+ opportunity, sb's absence] profiter (au maximum) de ; [+ one's talents, business offer] tirer le meilleur parti de ; [+ one's resources] utiliser au mieux• make the most of it! profitez-en bien !• to make the most of o.s. se mettre en valeurb. ( = largest part) la plus grande partie (de) ; ( = greatest number) la plupart (de)2. adverbb. ( = very) très* * *Note: When used to form the superlative of adjectives most is translated by le plus or la plus depending on the gender of the noun and by les plus with plural noun: the most beautiful woman in the room = la plus belle femme de la pièce; the most expensive hotel in Paris = l'hôtel le plus cher de Paris; the most difficult problems = les problèmes les plus difficiles. For examples and further uses see the entry below[məʊst] 1.1) (the majority of, nearly all) la plupart de2) (superlative: more than all the others) le plus de2.she got the most votes/money — c'est elle qui a obtenu le plus de voix/d'argent
1) ( the greatest number) la plupart (of de); ( the largest part) la plus grande partie (of de)2) ( the maximum)the most you can expect is... — tout ce que tu peux espérer c'est...
the most I can do is... — tout ce que je peux faire, c'est..., le mieux que je puisse faire, c'est...
3) ( more than all the others) le plus3.1) ( used to form superlative)2) ( very) très, extrêmementmost encouraging — très or extrêmement encourageant
3) ( more than all the rest) le pluswhat most annoyed him ou what annoyed him most (of all) was — ce qui l'ennuyait le plus c'était que
4) (colloq) US ( almost) presque4.at (the) most adverbial phrase au maximum, au plus5.for the most part adverbial phrase ( most of them) pour la plupart; ( most of the time) la plupart du temps; ( basically) essentiellement, surtoutfor the most part, they... — pour la plupart, ils...
for the most part he works in his office — la plupart du temps, il travaille dans son bureau
6.his experience is, for the most part, in publishing — son expérience est surtout or essentiellement dans l'édition
most of all adverbial phrase par-dessus tout••to make the most of — tirer le meilleur parti de [situation, resources, looks, rest, abilities, space]; profiter de [holiday, opportunity, good weather]
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10 unlikely
unlikely [ʌnˈlaɪklɪ]• an unlikely place to find... un endroit où l'on ne s'attend guère à trouver...* * *[ʌn'laɪklɪ]1) ( unexpected) improbable, peu probableit is unlikely that — il est peu probable que (+ subj)
2) ( strange) [partner, choice, situation] inattendu3) ( probably untrue) [story] invraisemblable; [excuse] peu probable -
11 overbought
STOCK EXCHANGE (market) surévalué(e), suracheté(e)Mr Greenspan's dilemma is that he would probably like to raise interest rates - inflation indicators from the labour market are mixed but the productivity miracle cannot continue for ever while signals from the energy sector are less equivocal. He would also like to see the US stock markets down from their current overbought levels. But he must achieve both without causing a nervous market to panic.
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12 profit
bénéfice m, profit m;∎ profits were down/up this year les bénéfices ont diminué/augmenté cette année;∎ to make a profit faire un bénéfice ou des bénéfices;∎ to make a profit out of sth faire un bénéfice sur qch;∎ we made a £1,000 profit on the sale nous avons réalisé un bénéfice de 1?000 livres sur cette vente;∎ to show a profit rapporter un bénéfice ou des bénéfices;∎ to be in profit être bénéficiaire;∎ to sell sth at a profit faire un bénéfice sur une vente;∎ profit and loss pertes f pl et profitsprofit balance solde m bénéficiaire;American profit center centre m de profit;British profit centre centre de profit;profit equation équation f de bénéfice;profit indicator indice m de profit;profit and loss account, profit and loss statement compte m de résultat; formerly compte de pertes et profits;profit margin marge f bénéficiaire;profit motive motivation f par le profit;profit optimization optimisation f du ou des profits;profit outlook perspectives f pl de profit;profit target objectif m de profit;profit tax impôt m sur les bénéfices;profit warning = annonce d'une baisse prochaine des bénéfices d'une entrepriseCity professionals are naturally wary of a company which has issued three profit warnings in the space of two years - the most recent arriving in July. But other market players are more optimistic. They smell more corporate action and they are probably right.
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13 weighting
ECONOMICS (of index, average) pondération f, coefficient m;The weekend starts two days early for many of the capital's pupils today, as NUT members take a day of strike action to campaign for a one-third increase in London weighting. Far from "being held hostage", as some have put it, pupils will probably feel the opposite.
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14 bank on
(to rely on: Don't bank on me - I'll probably be late.) compter sur -
15 corruption
[-ʃən]1) (the act of corrupting.) corruption2) (a word that has changed considerably from its original form: Caterpillar is probably a corruption of the Old French word `chatepelose' meaning `hairy cat'.) forme corrompue -
16 doubtless
adverb (probably: John has doubtless told you about me.) sans aucun doute -
17 dubious
['dju:biəs]1) (doubtful: I am dubious about the wisdom of this action.) hésitant, incertain2) (probably not honest: dubious behaviour.) douteux, suspect•- dubiety- dubiousness -
18 easily
1) (without difficulty: She won the race easily.) facilement2) (by far: This is easily the best book I've read this year.) de loin3) (very probably: It may easily rain tomorrow.) bien -
19 float
[fləut] 1. verb(to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) flotter2. noun1) (something that floats on a fishing-line: If the float moves, there is probably a fish on the hook.) flotteur2) (a vehicle for transporting certain things: a milk-float; a cattle-float.) fourgon, voiture de livraison•- floating restaurant -
20 hardly
1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) presque2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) à peine3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) pas précisement
См. также в других словарях:
Probably — may refer to: * Probability, the chance that something is likely to happen or be the case * Probably (South Park), an episode of the television series South Park * Probably (Fool s Garden song), a single by German pop band Fool s Garden … Wikipedia
Probably — Prob a*bly, adv. In a probable manner; in likelihood. [1913 Webster] Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
probably — (adv.) mid 15c., plausibly, from PROBABLE (Cf. probable) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). As a general purpose qualifier, 1610s … Etymology dictionary
probably — [adv] likely to happen apparently, as likely as not, assumably, as the case may be, believably, dollars to doughnuts*, doubtless, expediently, feasibly, imaginably, in all likelihood, in all probability, like enough, maybe, most likely, no doubt … New thesaurus
probably — ► ADVERB ▪ almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell … English terms dictionary
probably — prob|a|bly [ prabəbli ] adverb *** used for saying that you think something is likely: You ll probably be gone by the time I get back. It s probably the most important game either team has faced for a long time. I ll cook a meal, probably lasagna … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
probably */*/*/ — UK [ˈprɒbəblɪ] / US [ˈprɑbəblɪ] adverb used for saying that you think something is likely You ll probably be gone by the time I get back. It s probably the most important match either team has faced for a long time. I ll cook a meal, probably a… … English dictionary
probably — prob|a|bly W1S1 [ˈprɔbəbli US ˈpra: ] adv used to say that something is likely to happen, likely to be true etc ▪ It will probably take about a week. ▪ This would probably be a good time to take a break. ▪ It s probably the best movie I have ever … Dictionary of contemporary English
probably — [[t]prɒ̱bəbli[/t]] ♦ 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with cl/group (vagueness) If you say that something is probably the case, you think that it is likely to be the case, although you are not sure. The White House probably won t make this plan public until… … English dictionary
probably — adverb (sentence adverb) used to say that something is likely to happen, likely to be true etc: I probably still have my old army pictures. | Probably the best way to learn Spanish is by actually going to live in Spain. | “Do you think you ll… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
probably — adverb Date: 1613 insofar as seems reasonably true, factual, or to be expected ; without much doubt < is probably happy > < it will probably rain > … New Collegiate Dictionary