If sitting down to imagine your best possible self (an optimism exercise) feels contrived, you will be less likely to do it.
如果坐下来想象自己最有可能的最佳形象(即乐观训练)的方法让你觉得有些勉强，那你是很难坚持下去的。
Those who had been drinking indicated they would be less likely to do so when they had the following message stamped on their hand: AIDS KILLS.
那些喝了酒的人，当在他们的手上写上这么一句话：艾滋病会死人时，他们想要这样做的可能性就降低了。
Keep your savings account at a separate bank-you will be less likely to do an online transfer for that "little something" that you really don't need to buy.
把你的储蓄账户开到一个单独的银行，这样你就不太会在网上转钱去买那些你不真正需要的小玩意了。
The net result is that many foreign funds that are otherwise inclined to purchase assets in the U.S. might be less likely to do so in order to avoid the hassle.
但其结果是，许多有意购买美国资产的外国基金因为怕引火烧身而敬而远之。
Then you can always ask for repetition or clarification if you have not understood, whereas a native speaker would be less likely to do so without losing face.
其次，不理解时你可不断要求重复或解释，而说母语的人这样做则会很丢面子。
You're likely to be less scared with the steering wheel in your hand, because you can do something about your circumstances, and that's reassuring.
如果把方向盘握在自己手里似乎更不容易害怕，因为你可以根据你所处的情况选择怎么做，这会让你觉得安心。
Workers in that age group are less likely to be laid off, but those who do lose their jobs tend to be out of work far longer than younger workers.
年龄达到五十五岁的人一般不会被雇主裁掉，但这些人一旦失去了工作，他们再获取工作的可能性就远远小于比他们年轻的求职者。
On large expanses of land, big animals do best, because they are less vulnerable to cold and less likely to be attacked by predators.
在面积宽阔的陆地上，体型大的哺乳动物生存地最好，因为和体积小的动物相比，他们更少受寒冷伤害，被食肉动物袭击的机率也小。
The key becomes, how do we learn to distinguish between expertise that's more likely to be right and expertise that's less likely to be right?
其关键就是我们怎样才能学会区分或许正确的专业知识和或许错误的专业知识？
If you call a solitary person with something fun to do, they're less likely going to already be busy and will have little reason not to join you.
如果你叫一个孤独的人做一些有趣的事，他们就不太可能会很忙，也没有什么理由不加入你。
It would probably do Britain less harm than anything else he is likely to be doing.
大概对英国来说，这是他会做的事之中最无害的了。
While you could do all of this as a second proces looking in, it may not be as responsive as a scheduler based approach, although probably far safer and less likely to crash the system.
当你能做所有这一切作为第二过程看，它可能不是响应基于调度的方法，尽管可能更安全，也不太可能崩溃。
Try to do your shopping with somebody else. You'll be less likely to pick up food your hips clearly don't need.
试着和别人一起去购物。你比较不可能会挑选使你发胖的食物。
You don't have to be Vegan to eat them, but, shhhh, here's a little secret, if you do eat them, they will make you really healthy and make you less likely to crave foods that are bad for you.
你不必成为素食者，就可以吃到。呵呵，但是有一个小小的秘密，就是，如果你吃的话，它会真得让你变得健康，并且让你尽可能少的远离那些对身体有害的食物。
Not only do these inmates clog the system, they are also less likely to take advantage of vocational training or education in prison, and more likely to be put back behind bars after their release.
这些囚犯不仅使得监狱系统人满为患，而且他们也不大可能接受监狱里的职业培训或教育，因此释放后更加可能被重新打回大牢。
Do know that the more involved you are in your child's life, the less likely (according to this research) your child will be victimized.
你知道吗？据调查，你融入孩子的生活越多，你的孩子受害的风险就越小。
I think the omission is uncertainty. You do not know how much fun an affair will be. Nor do you know whether your husband is likely to become more or less tedious over time.
我认为，这错过的东西就是“不确定性”：你无法知道婚外情到底多么有趣，你也不知道随着时间的流逝，自己先生的乏味程度是否可能有所增减。
Now, we might wonder: "Paul, do you really think that if you prayed alone for an open door, it would be less likely to occur?"
现在，我们可能会有这样的疑问：“保罗，你是否真的认为，单靠你个人的祷告，未必能打开传道的门？”
Now, we might wonder: "Paul, do you really think that if you prayed alone for an open door, it would be less likely to occur?"
现在，我们可能会有这样的疑问：“保罗，你是否真的认为，单靠你个人的祷告，未必能打开传道的门？”
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