odds
释义
n. 几率;可能的机会;不平等;差别
自然拼读
例句
that they will mess up?
他们失败的可能性有多大?
The hospital’s director has been battling against the odds to improve patient care.
这位医院院长一直在克服困难,努力提高病人护理服务质量。
You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.
增强安全意识可以减少家中发生意外危险的可能性。
I’m afraid that the odds are heavily against her winning .
恐怕她获胜的可能性很小。
that he will commit the same crime again.
他可能还会犯同样的罪行。
We are offering odds of 6-1 on the fight ending in a knockout.
我们以6比1的赔率赌该拳击赛以击倒告终。
The odds against a plane crash are around a million to one.
发生空难的可能性仅有约百万分之一。
a new company that has beaten the odds and succeeded
战胜逆境而取得成功的一家新公司
词组
long odds
极不均等的赌注;极为偶然的机会
odds and ends
零星物品,零碎东西
at odds with
与…争执,意见不一致;与…不和;差异
against all the odds
尽管有极大的困难;尽管极为不利
the odds are that
很可能…;大约…
odds ratio
优势率;让步比
against all odds
困难重重
近义
n.几率;胜算;不平等;差别
distinction
differential
contrast
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真题
1 ...For the sake of increasing their odds of landing a better job...
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2 ...Despite negative stereotypes about sports culture and Ripley's presumption that academics and athletics are at odds with one another...
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3 ...nearly every person who runs for political office has an intuitive sense that they can powerfully influence their odds of winning the election if they can just raise and spend more money...
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4 ...lung and blood institute’s study found that the odds of a child being obese increase 14% for every five extra years of their mother’s age...
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5 ...And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up at odds with each other...
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