1.多半,可能
1.likely to happen
1.One person close to the company stressed that this "absolutely signals that there is no IPO" on the cards for Alibaba.
一位接近该公司的人士强调，这“绝对表明了阿里巴巴目前无意IPO”。
2.As you start to brainstorm the project, you write down the major items on your project list one by one on the cards.
你一边动脑筋想这个项目，一边把它需要的主要项一一罗列在卡片上。
3.Nobody should be surprised: China warned in October that this change in policy was on the cards.
对此，没有人应当感到意外：中国在10月份就警告，可能出台这种政策变化。
4.At one point it looked as if full-blown nationalisation might be on the cards, but the government now insists that this is not an option.
这样的要求看似是完全符合民族化的要求，但是政府目前坚持认为这不是一个选择。
5."A slash of assistance is not on the cards, unless there is another big surprise [like bin Laden's whereabouts], " said the US official.
“除非再出现某个重大意外（类似拉登行踪这样的情报），否则不太可能进一步大幅削减援助，”上述美国官员表示。
6.But obviously if Valencia offered him to us on loan for a season then a return could be on the cards.
但是如果瓦伦西亚把他租借给我们一个赛季后在回归却是非常可能的。
7.Another high-scoring game appeared to be on the cards, but Birmingham dug in to deny Arsenal.
似乎又是一场进球表演赛，但伯明翰掘壕防守，抵御阿森纳的进攻。
8.I would scrawl my name on the cards and the name of one of my classmates on each flimsy envelope.
我在每张贺卡上面潦草地写上自己的名字，并且在每个薄薄的信封上写上一个同学的名字。
9."There is nothing to suggest a rate cut is on the cards, " she said.
“没有资料显示减息的可能性”，她说。
10.So far there has been no talk of a new deal, and a summer exit looks on the cards.
但至今为止，双方还没有开始新合同的谈判，意大利人很可能在明夏离队。