odds

[ɔdz]

n.机率, 可能性, 差别, 投注赔率, 让步,优势

n.[K]

1. 机会, 可能性; 成功的可能性[(+on/against)][+(that)]

His odds were very poor after he sprained his wrist.

他扭伤了手腕, 获胜的可能性极小。

The odds are that our team will win.

我们队大概会赢。

The odds are against us.

我们成功的机会很小。

2. 投注赔率, 赌注差额

3. 不和, 相争

She is at odds with her boss.

她与她的老板不和。

4. 区别, 差异; 差额

It makes no odds whether you give me coffee or tea.

你请我喝咖啡或喝茶都没有什么关系。

It makes no odds whether she goes or she stays.

她去也好留也好都没有什么关系。

5. 优势

The odds are on the visiting team.

优势在客队这一边。

She succeeded against overwhelming odds.

她在极端不利的条件下获得了成功。

6. (比赛时对较弱一方的)让步

词义辨析

同义参见:

probability  possibility  

英英释义

名词 odds:

the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring

the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another

同义词：betting odds

短语词组

at odds

1. 不一致

This action is greatly at odds with his previous attitude.

这一行动与他以往的态度大相径庭。

by all odds

1. 毫无疑问; 绝对

By all odds it is the best film of the year.

这部电影无疑是今年最好的一部。

give odds

1. 打赌

I'll give odds that he won't come tomorrow.

我敢打赌明天他不会来。

odds and ends

1. 零星物品

Everything has been packed in boxes except a few odds and ends.

除了几件零星物品, 所有的东西都装在盒子里了。

the odds are

1. 有可能

The odds are that we won't get a baby-sitter.

很可能我们找不到照看孩子的人。

补充

oddsodds英:[ɔdz] 美:[ɑdz]n.1.可能性, 机会The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。

例句

1. The odds against the outsider are 100 to 1.这匹不被看好的赛马获胜的几率为0.01。 2. He was offering odds of 5 to 1.他提出5比1的赔率。 3. Gavin put £25 on Eugene, at odds of 50 to 1, and won £1,250.加文以50比1的赔率押了25英镑在尤金身上, 赢了1,250英镑。 4. Is this a realistic assessment of the odds?这是对可能性的实际可行的评估吗？ 5. The odds are that you are going to fail.你可能会失败。 6. The odds are that it will rain tomorrow.明天可能会下雨。 7. The odds of being struck by lightning are small.被闪电击中的可能性很小。 8. What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?在门口边找到停车位的可能性有多大？ 9. The odds are on my team.优势在我们队这一边。 10. Against all odds, Germany won their first World Cup in 1954.尽管非常困难, 德国还是在1954年赢得了他们的首个世界杯。 11. He took positive steps to educate himself in the jail against all odds.尽管困难重重, 他还是积极地在监狱中自学。 12. There was no reason why the two countries should remain at odds.这两个国家不会一直争执下去。 13. He was at odds with his Prime Minister.他与他的首相意见不合。 14. The glossy, colourful cover was totally at odds with its dull academic content.色彩丰富的高光纸封面与其枯燥无味的学术性内容完全不相称。 15. Her silvery hair was at odds with her youthful shape.她的银色头发与其青年人的体型不搭。 16. British bookmakers are giving odds of 10-1 against a win.英国赌注登记经纪人给出胜1赔10的赌注。 17. Whatever he did, it made no odds to her.不论他做了什么, 对她来说都无所谓。 18. To lose this game would lengthen the odds on Scotland qualifying for the tournament.若这场比赛失利, 苏格兰打入联赛的希望就又少了一些。 19. He reckoned the odds are against the scheme going ahead.他认为这项方案不大可能开始实施。 20. I'm sorry. I just feel as if the odds are stacked up against me.抱歉, 我只是觉得情况好像对我很不利。 21. The odds are against his coming.他不大可能会来。 22. Despite the athlete's lack of confidence, the odds are clearly in her favour.尽管这名运动员缺乏信心, 但很明显她有可能获胜。 23. His troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.他的部队只有在胜券在握的时候才打地面战。 24. He got £20 over the odds for this job.他干这活多得了20英镑。 25. Budget travellers want to avoid paying over the odds for hotels.经济型游客想避免在旅馆上多花钱。 26. Airport taxis charge unsuspecting foreigners way over the odds for their journey.机场出租车向没戒心的外国人狠要价。 27. His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader.他在那里的招待会使他更有希望成为英国保守党下一任领导人。 28. What's the odds if he's rich or poor? If you love him, then that's what's important.他富有还是贫穷有什么关系？如果你爱他, 那才是重要的。 29. with Nicer starting at odds of 8-1.在奈色儿以8对1的胜败比率开始赌赛的情况下。 30. it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds.可能会以很大胜败比率赢得比赛。 31. the odds are that he is no longer alive.可能他已经死了。 32. the odds against this ever happening are high.这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。 33. she clung to the lead against all the odds.尽管有人占了优势，她紧紧抓住领先地位不肯放弃。 34. the odds were overwhelmingly in favour of the banks rather than the customer.优势几乎完全在银行这一边而不是客户那一边。 35. his behaviour is at odds with the interests of the company.他的行为与公司的利益不一致。 36. I'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider.我敢打赌负责人一定是圈内人。 37. you could be paying over the odds for perfume.你有可能为香水多付钱。 38. The odds on him surviving are very slim (= he will probably die).他存活的可能性很渺小。 39. The odds are against you (= you are not likely to succeed).你成功的可能性很小。 40. The odds are in your favour (= you are likely to succeed).你有可能成功。 41. She wanted to improve her odds [=chances] of winning.她想加大她获胜的可能性。 42. They believe that surgery may increase his odds of survival. [=may make it more likely that he will survive]他们认为手术可以增大他活下去的可能。 43. "There's a chance it could rain, but odds are that it'll be sunny tomorrow. [=it is more likely to be sunny than rainy tomorrow]"明天或许会下雨，但晴天的可能性更大。 44. "The team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds. [=they still are not likely to win]"这个队进步很大，但获胜的希望仍然很小。 45. The odds are good that he'll survive. [=he is likely to survive]他很可能活下来。 46. What are the odds of winning?获胜的可能性有多大？ 47. What are the odds that they'll be there on time?他们按时到那里的可能性有多大？ 48. Smoking increases the odds of getting lung cancer.吸烟会增加患肺癌的可能性。 49. The odds are in our favor. [=it is likely that we will succeed]我们成功的可能性很大。 50. She knew that the odds were against her. [=she knew that she was not likely to succeed]她知道她不大可能成功。 51. "It could rain tomorrow, but the odds are against it. [=it probably will not rain]"明天可能下雨，但不下的可能性更大。 52. The odds are in favor of a major storm this weekend. [=a major storm is likely this weekend]本周末可能有一场大风暴。 53. They fought against great/heavy/impossible/overwhelming odds and won.他们克服重重困难取得了胜利。 54. "He was able to do it, against all odds. [=even though it was very difficult and unlikely]"尽管极其困难，他还是做到了。 55. They defied/overcame the odds.他们藐视/克服困难。 56. "Despite/against the odds, she has survived breast cancer."尽管凶多吉少，但她还是战胜乳腺癌活了下来。 57. I tried to beat the odds. [=to succeed even though I was not likely to succeed]我力求成功，即使可能性不大。 58. "I bet $1,000 at 4-1 odds. If the horse I bet on wins, I will walk away with $4,000."我将1000美元压在4：1的赔率上。如果我投注的这匹马获胜，我将带走4000美元。 59. winning at odds of 6-1以6：1的赔率赌赢 60. The parents and teachers are still at odds (about/over what to teach the students).家长和老师（对于该教学生们什么这一点）的意见仍然不一致。 61. The two groups have long been at odds with each other.这两个团体长期合不来。 62. He was completely at odds [=he completely disagreed] with the way the problem was being handled.他完全不同意处理这个问题的方法。 63. The results of the study are at odds with our previous findings.研究的结果与我们以前调查的结果有矛盾。 64. It makes no odds [=makes no difference] to me when we leave.我们什么时候离开对我来说无所谓。 65. We had to pay over the odds to get good seats for the concert.我们不得不花高价来弄到音乐会上的好座位。 66. "He'll do it anyway, so what's the odds [=what's the use] of telling him not to?"他反正会做这件事，你让他别做有什么用？