odds
基本释义
- n.(事物发生的)可能性,机会;困难,不利条件;投注赔率;(力量、权力或资源上的)优势
词语例句
(事物发生的)可能性,机会n. (pl.)
What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?
就在门外找到一个停车位的可能性有多大?
So the next time you consider eating fallen food, the odds are in your favor that you can eat it without getting sick.
所以下次你考虑吃掉落的食物时,很有可能你吃了也不会生病。
The experiment highlights the importance of morality: without it, how can a robot decide whom to save or what's best for humanity, especially if it can't calculate survival odds?
这个实验强调了道德的重要性:如果没有道德,一个机器人怎么能决定拯救谁,或者什么对人类最有利,尤其是当它不能计算生存几率的时候?
困难,不利条件n. (pl.)
They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
尽管情况非常不利,他们仍得到了胜利。
Unemployed workers face difficult odds.
失业工人面临困难。
投注赔率n. (pl.)
They are offering long odds on the defending champion.
他们为卫冕者开出了高赔率。
In fact, vaguely-stated possibilities of winning a prize were more effective than options with hard odds included.
事实上,含糊其辞的中奖可能性要比包含了赔率的选项更实在。
(力量、权力或资源上的)优势n. (pl.)
The odds were completely in favour of the enemy rather than our army.
优势完全在敌方而非我方军队。
- What were the odds against?赔率是多少?来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- He was at odds with the boss.他与老板不合。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- It's odds-on that he'll be late.他多半要迟到。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- the odds of doing sth.做……的可能性
- the odds are in sb's favour某人很可能……
- long/short odds高/低赔率
- an odd man古怪的人
- odd numbers奇数
- It is odd that …古怪的是……
- at odds with与…争执,意见不一致;与…不和;差异
- odds and ends零星物品,零碎东西
- against all odds困难重重
- odds ratio优势率;让步比
- against all the odds尽管有极大的困难;尽管极为不利
- the odds are that很可能…;大约…
- odds and ends零碎的工作;打杂
- Fair Odds公平赔率;公允赔率;公道赔率;公正赔率
- odds ratio优势比;比值比;让步比
- at odds争执;不一致;不和
- Against All Odds再看我一眼;困难重重;不计成败;危情
同义词
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英英释义
- n.the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- n.the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
- n.how likely it is that something will happen
(某事发生的)可能性- What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?在门外找到停车位的几率有多大?
词源
- odds赔率,机会,可能性来自odd,偶然发生的,此处形容词做名词,-s,复数后缀。原用于赌博赔率,引申词义机会,可能性。
- oddsFrom odd (“uneven, strange”).