请教一道新东方的题 精选I-70

leadwest

A president entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.


A. likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
B. likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
C. liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
D. liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
E. at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can


答案选A。请问likely to do 和 liable to do有何区别？谢谢！

chanelzr

这题选A还有个parallelism在里面，"is likely to"和"is unable to"。

好像哪儿看到过"be liable to“和"be likely to"都不选前者。

leadwest

是的，我的理解是：be liable to do是主观上有倾向性；be likely to do是客观上容易做某事。

ajassmine

是的，我的理解是：be liable to do是主观上有倾向性；be likely to do是客观上容易做某事。

-- by 会员 leadwest (2009/11/22 22:48:56)

AGREE