1 N-PLURAL 机会;可能性;几率 You refer to how likely something is to happen as the
odds that it will happen.
机会;可能性;几率 3 N-PLURAL (赌博中的)赔率 In betting,
odds are expressions with numbers such as '10 to 1' and '7 to 2' that show how likely something is thought to be, for example how likely a particular horse is to lose or win a race.
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Gavin Jones, who put £25 on Eugene, at odds of 50 to 1, has won £1,250. [+ of]
加文·琼斯以50比1的赔率赌尤金胜,他下注25英镑,赢了1,250英镑。
4 PHRASE (与…)不和;(与…)有矛盾;(与…)意见不一致 If someone is
at odds with someone else, or if two people are
at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
(与…)不和;(与…)有矛盾;(与…)意见不一致 SYN in conflict, arguing, quarrelling, in opposition to
5 PHRASE (成功)可能性小,希望渺茫 If you say that
the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
(成功)可能性小,希望渺茫 6 PHRASE 尽管面临重重困难;虽然可能性极小 If something happens
against all
odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
尽管面临重重困难;虽然可能性极小 -
Some women do manage to achieve business success against all odds.
尽管困难重重,一些女性还是在商场上获得了成功。
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Finally, late in life and against considerable odds, she became a nun.
她排除极大困难,最终在晚年成为了一名修女。
7 PHRASE (某人)很可能取得成功 If you say that
the odds are in someone's
favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
(某人)很可能取得成功 8 PHR-ERG 使更有希望/使不大可能;机会增加/机会减少 To
shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To
lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the
odds shorten or
lengthen .
使更有希望/使不大可能;机会增加/机会减少 Word Partnership | Use odds with: |
VERB. | beat the odds 1 2 |
PREP. | the odds of something 1 2 at odds (with someone ) 3 odds against something 4 against all odds 6 |
N. | odds of winning 1 2 odds in someone's/something's favour 7 |
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