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odds n.〔pl.〕 〔常用作單數〕1.不平等(的東西);差額...

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What are the odds ? must be 10 triiiion - to - one 這種機率有多少?肯定才十兆分之一

What are the odds ? must be 10 trillion - to - one 這種機率有多少?肯定才十兆分之一

Those odds increase to 1 in 400 by age 35 到了三五的話,就會激增到四百分之一。

Elected easily, roosevelt attacked corruption with vigor, championed social legislation, and was consequently soon at odds with platt . 羅斯福輕而易舉當選后,起勁攻擊貪污腐化,支持社會立法,結果很快就與普拉特發生矛盾。

We must not get away with just having this thing hang over for another four years and have us at odds with the arab world . 我們不能只是讓這場沖突再拖上四年就此甩手不管,而使自己同阿拉伯世界對立起來。

The odds are heavily against any man being able to do the work in the field of abstract theory that einstein is doing . 在抽象理論領域內凡是有能力做愛因斯坦所從事的工作的人,事情總是很不順利的。

Nolan wainwright, now nearly fifty, had been spawned in the city's slums and, from birth, had found life's odds stacked against him . 諾蘭溫賴特現年近五十,他出生在本城的貧民窟,自幼命運多舛。

Of course, if you simply consider mathematical chances, the odds are even on an h-bomb war within ten years . 當然,如果你單從數學概念方面考慮,那么十年之內發生氫彈戰爭的可能性是一半對一半。

How many guerrilla campaigns he had fought there as a child against overwhelming odds ! 當他還是個孩子的時候,在這片公地上打過多少次“游擊戰”啊!而且每次都是和占絕對優勢的“敵人”交鋒!

Tables were covered with nightgowns, blouses, dresses, sweaters, scarves, hosieryall kinds of cheap odds and ends . 桌上擺滿了睡衣、襯衫、毛衣、圍巾、襪子等等各種各樣的便宜雜貨。

Treatment, though-whether it's chemotherapy or immunotherapy-will tilt the odds in her favor . 不過,治療一下--不管是化學療法還是免疫療法--總會使情況對她有利。

She had had to put up with so much that she expected her children to take the same odds . 她已經是飽經風霜,所以想到了孩子們也免不了要受些凄風苦雨。

Among the odds and ends he discerned a little shining object, and picked it up . 在這些七零八落的東西中間,他看見一件亮晶晶的小東西,他撿了起來。

A president should not spend political capital unless he can calculate high odds for success . 一位總統決不應輕易消耗政治資本,除非確有把握成功。

I reported to nixon that the odds were two out of three in favor of a rapid conclusion of the war . 我向尼克松報告說迅速結束戰爭有六七成的希望。

You'll begin to see the autobiographical odds and ends that are hidden in his work . 你將初步了解到他作品中被掩蓋了的一些個人經歷的遺跡。

However, scientists, medical specialists, and engineers have also started to play the odds . 不過,科學家、醫學專家、工程師也開始碰運氣。

There are heavy odds in favour of our dying between the ages of sixth-five and eighty . 很有可能我們離開人間的年齡會在65到80之間。

I was not only providing a swell dinner, but some odds and ends of extra . 我并不是光辦一桌極講究的酒席,另外還帶著不少零碎兒呢。