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| 1 | the chances of something happening （某事发生的）机会,可能性 |
| the odds of doing sth The odds of getting hit by a falling satellite are very small. 被坠落的卫星砸中的可能性是极小的。 |
| (the) odds are (that) (=it is likely that) The odds are they won’ t succeed. 似乎；可能 |
| the odds are in favour of sth/(stacked) against sth (=it is likely/unlikely to happen) The odds were always in favour of a South African victory. 某事可能/不可能发生 |
| the odds are in sb’ s favour/(stacked) against sb (=they are likely/unlikely to succeed) The odds were stacked against him, but he never gave up. 某人可能/不可能成功 |
| What are the odds...? What are the odds Jim will show up this time? 吉姆这次露面的可能性有多大？ |
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| 2 | the chances used for calculating how much money you will get if the person or thing you bet on wins a race or competition 投注赔率 |
| I didn’ t bet on the horse because I didn’ t like the odds. 我没有赌这匹马，因为我不喜欢这样的赔率。 |
| give/lay/offer (sb) odds of sth They’ re giving odds of 5–1 against a knockout in the first round. 他们以5比1的赔率打赌不会在第1回合中就被击倒出局。 |
| | 2a | an unlikely/likely chance of winning if you bet on a horse in a race or on the result of a competition （赌赛马或比赛结果时）赢的可能性小/大 | |
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| 3 | difficulties or conditions that make success unlikely 困难；不利条件 |
| Left alone, they were fighting against overwhelming odds. 他们孤身作战，正与莫大的困难作斗争。 |
| against all (the) odds Against all the odds, we won our case on appeal. 尽管困难重重，我们还是上诉打赢了官司。 |
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| - | at odds (with)
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| 1 | disagreeing with someone （与某人）意见不一致 | She continued to find herself at odds with the chairman. 她不断发现自己与总裁意见有分歧。 | |
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| 2 | if things are at odds with each other , they are different or opposite when they should be the same （与某物）不一致，相矛盾 | This statement is completely at odds with what was said last week. 这一说法跟上星期所说的完全不一样。 | |
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| - | it/sth doesn’ t make any odds (to me) BRITISH informal
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| used for saying that something does not matter to you |
| 某事（对我来说）没有什么关系 |
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| You can come if you like. It makes no odds to me. 你如果想来就来吧，没关系的。 |
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| - | over the odds BRITISH informal
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| more than the usual or expected price |
| （价格）高于平常的，超出预期的 |
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| pay over the odds The club will not pay over the odds to retain his services. 俱乐部不会为了留住他而多付工资。 |
| charge over the odds They charge way over the odds for wine by the glass. 他们的酒每杯多收好多钱。 |
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| - | what’ s the odds? BRITISH informal
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| used for saying that something does not matter |
| 那有什么关系？；那有什么要紧？ |
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| We’ ll miss the bus, but what’ s the odds? There’ s another at 10.00. 我们会错过这班公共汽车，不过那有什么关系？10点还有一班。 |
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