be less likely to

基本解释

If students do not have access to weapons, then they are less likely to use them in school.
如果學生們沒有接觸過武器，那麽他們在學校裡使用他們的可能性就小一些。
Don't assume that your program is bug free; limit what your program can do, so that bugs are less likely to become security flaws.
不要以爲您的程序沒有錯誤；限制您的程序能夠完成的事情，這樣錯誤成爲安全性缺陷的可能性就會比較少。
Or was the less sentimental US view of postmen more accurate – that they are less likely to help their colleagues than to kill them?
美國人對於郵差不那麽動情的看法——他們更有可能殺死同事，而非伸出援手——是否更準確些呢？

But Ms.Smith says the voter registration process may be one reason why young people are less likely to vote.
People have names. People have distinct, individual names that mark them as people and once you know somebody's name you are less likely to do bad things to them.
人都有各具個性的名字,這標志他們的人性,一旦你知道某個人的名字,你對他行惡的可能性就會降低。
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In fact though, the children who you reward later on think that this activity has less value and they are less likely to do it when there's no reward present.
但事實上，拿到獎勵的孩子會想,這個活動的價值變低了，如果沒有獎勵,他們就不太可能會再做。
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Older teenagers and young adults are less likely to be covered and checked regularly.
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