but at this age the likelihood of death is least.
但在这个年龄死亡的可能性最小。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 37 The process of ageing

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

likelihood ['laɪklɪhʊd] 词频5 词根: likely
n. 可能，可能性;[数]似然，似真;
💡 likeli=likely可能的+hood表名词，“时期，性质等” →可能性
"In all likelihood he would encounter no one here."
十有八九，在这里也不会遇见熟人的。
近义：likeliness, odds, opportunity, outlook, possibility, probability 反义：improbability, remoteness, unlikeliness
death [dɛθ] 词频1
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end 反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
least [list] 词频1
adj. 最小的;最少的（ little的最高级）;最不重要的，地位最低的; adv. 最少，最小; n. 最小;最少量;
"We need at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation."
如欲取消，请至少提前24小时告知。
近义：lowest, lowliest, measly, merest, minimal, minimum 反义：maximal, meridian, top, upmost, uppermost, greatest

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way.
不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。
It spread through France,
结果在整个法国蔓延开来。
One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes, concocted poison of such extreme potency.
然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘模测地只选择了蛇（还有一种蜥蜴），人们弄不清楚大自然为什么在某些蛇的身上调制出如此高效的毒液来。
It 'flies', therefore, but it cannot fly higher---
这样，船就能飞了，但飞不高。
and today we can see even his famous clash with the Inquisition in something like its proper perspective.
甚至他和宗教法庭的著名冲突，我们今天也能正确如实地看待。
the ocean and everything on it would be racing in to the shore with obviously catastrophic results.
那么大海和海里所有的东西就会向岸边疾涌而来，带来明显的灾难性后果。