odds UK [ɒdz] US [ɑ:dz] plural noun ADVANCED ■the probability that a particular thing will or will not happen 可能性,机会;几率,概率•If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point.如果你一辈子开车的话,你有可能在某一时刻发生车祸。 •There are heavy odds against people succeeding in such a bad economic climate.在如此恶劣的经济环境下人们成功的可能性很小。 •What are the odds on him being (= Do you think he will be) re-elected?他再次当选的几率有多大? •The odds are stacked against a woman succeeding (= it is not likely that a woman will succeed) in the business.女性在生意场上成功的可能性不大。 ADVANCED ■the probability expressed as a number when risking money guessing the result of something 投注赔率•The odds against my horse winning (= that it will not win) [ on my horse winning (= that it will win) are a hundred to one.我下注的那匹赛马的赔率是100比1。 •The odds that the US entrant will win the race are ten to one.赌美国选手在这次比赛中获胜的赔率是10比1。 UK [ɒdz] US [ɑ:dz] plural noun against (all) the odds/against all odds ■If you do or achieve something against (all) the odds/against all odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed 尽管困难重重;在极为不利的情况下•Against all the odds, he recovered.他克服一切不利病况康复了。 UK [ɒdz] US [ɑ:dz] plural noun be at odds ■to disagree 与…不合;与…意见不一致;与…相矛盾•They're at odds over the funding of the project.他们在向该项企划案提供资金方面存在分歧。 •Her version of events was at odds with (= very different from) the police report.她对事情的描述跟警方报告有出入。 UK [ɒdz] US [ɑ:dz] plural noun make no odds mainly UK informal ■to not be important, or to not change a situation or result 无关紧要;没多大区别;无所谓•I don't mind whether you come or not - it makes no odds to me.我不在乎你来不来——对我来说没甚么关系。 UK [ɒdz] US [ɑ:dz] plural noun over the odds UK informal ■more than something is really worth (价钱)超出所值的•It's a nice enough car but I'm sure she paid over the odds for it.这汽车确实很漂亮,但我敢肯定她买贵了。 |