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.
如果学生们没有接触过武器，那么他们在学校里使用他们的可能性就小一些。
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.
不要以为您的程序没有错误；限制您的程序能够完成的事情，这样错误成为安全性缺陷的可能性就会比较少。
Or was the less sentimental US view of postmen more accurate – that they are less likely to help their colleagues than to kill them?
美国人对于邮差不那么动情的看法——他们更有可能杀死同事，而非伸出援手——是否更准确些呢？

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.
人都有各具个性的名字,这标志他们的人性,一旦你知道某个人的名字,你对他行恶的可能性就会降低。
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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.
但事实上，拿到奖励的孩子会想,这个活动的价值变低了，如果没有奖励,他们就不太可能会再做。
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Older teenagers and young adults are less likely to be covered and checked regularly.
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