long odds

PROBABLYif there are long odds against something happening, it is very unlikely that it will happen 极小的可能性

Examples from the Corpus

long odds• Even with the delay, Lee now faces long odds.• Has slipped down the weights and could surprise at long odds here.• Highbrook will be at longer odds than she should be as a result of her defeat last time out at Newmarket.• Talbot would have taken long odds that he was cold sober.• Exactly thirty years after completing their only Wembley triumph, Leigh are at long odds to go all the way in 2001.

→ long odds at long1(8)

单词	long odds
释义	long odds long odds PROBABLYif there are long odds against something happening, it is very unlikely that it will happen 极小的可能性 Examples from the Corpus long odds• Even with the delay, Lee now faces long odds.• Has slipped down the weights and could surprise at long odds here.• Highbrook will be at longer odds than she should be as a result of her defeat last time out at Newmarket.• Talbot would have taken long odds that he was cold sober.• Exactly thirty years after completing their only Wembley triumph, Leigh are at long odds to go all the way in 2001. → long odds at long1(8)
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