请教OG 70

Shuaishuai

楼上的MM，OG解释里其实已经说了In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability with a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted. 就是肯定了LIABLE在这里是可以替换 LIKELY的，但C后半部有错误所以不能选择。

其实查字典可以看到disadvanged除了表示因贫穷而不利外还有Being at a disadvantage, especially with respect to competitive or opposing elements or forces的意思，也就是说at a disadvange意思一样吧，没想到ETS只狭隘地认同它的第一种意思，无奈得跟着ETS思维走啊！

billion

from longman:

* be likely (adj.) to do sth.
Children who live in the country's rural areas are very likely to be poor.

* be liable (adj.) to do something
likely to do or say something or to behave in a particular way, especially because of a fault or natural tendency
ￚsynonym:  likely
The car is liable to overheat on long trips.
He was liable to just show up without warning.

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TakeItEasy1

还想就这个问题请问:be liable to do 和be likely to do 有区别,在这一题中是否两者都可以接受?

谢谢NNs!

恩,也想知道这个问题,up~

cutoff

我觉得C里面的副词often放得比较别扭.

often cannot....常常不能够.

cannot often do..............不能够经常做某事. 意思满拧.

TakeItEasy1

often cannot....常常不能够. 强调不能够

cannot often do..............不能够经常做某事. 意思满拧. 强调常常

再把问题引下来`

还想就这个问题请问:be liable to do 和be likely to do 有区别,在这一题中是否两者都可以接受?

谢谢NNs!

peajack

再把问题引下来`

还想就这个问题请问:be liable to do 和be likely to do 有区别,在这一题中是否两者都可以接受?

og:In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability with a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted.

is it clear?

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brissa

以下是引用peajack在2005-5-25 10:10:00的发言：

再把问题引下来`

还想就这个问题请问:be liable to do 和be likely to do 有区别,在这一题中是否两者都可以接受?

og:In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability with a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted.

is it clear?

黄线部分到底什么意思，从哪出来个bad outcome?,同时绿线部分怎么翻译？noted在哪里啊？

cocoon_persist

再把问题引下来` 还想就这个问题请问:be liable to do 和be likely to do 有区别,在这一题中是否两者都可以接受? og:In C, liable, followed by an infinitive, can legitimately be used to express probability with a bad outcome, but C is otherwise flawed as noted. is it clear 那是不是可以说likely to do >liable to do???

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番茄笑了

以下是引用Shuaishuai在2004-12-2 20:35:00的发言：

其实查字典可以看到disadvanged除了表示因贫穷而不利外还有Being at a disadvantage, especially with respect to competitive or opposing elements or forces的意思，也就是说at a disadvange意思一样吧，没想到ETS只狭隘地认同它的第一种意思，无奈得跟着ETS思维走啊！

不知道是不是大家用的字典不一样呢！？我查了一个中英字典上面的确解释disadvantaged 是贫穷的，处于不利地位的。可是我也查了一个美国人的字典，用的是The Newbury house, Dictoionary of American English, 查出来如下结果：

disadvantaged: adj; without the normal benefits of society, esp. because of poverty or racial prejudice;

the disadvantaged: n. poor people

he comes from a disadvantaged family and had to quit school at 16 to get a full-time job.

at a disadvantage: in a bad postion

the team was at a disadvantage because their star player was sick.

正好符合ETS的解释！大家都知道美国人对有些词有他们自己的解释，自己的用法！这个可能就是其中一个！

celina1983

是不是说 be liable to 是指因为自然或本身的问题的可能发生?