贰靶汉英词典

odds

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基本解释

  • n.机率；可能性；差别；投注赔率；让步；优势

词根记忆

  • 奇奇(odd)相加(add)为偶

同根派生

     

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • odds作为名词的基本意思是“可能性,机会”,可指事情发生的可能性,也可指打赌时用数字表示的机会、可能性。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • It is long odds against his coming home this summer.
    今年夏天他回家的可能性极小。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • beat the odds 战胜不利条件
  • give odds 打赌,猜测

    • 形容词+～

  • fearful odds 可怕的力量悬殊
  • long odds 极不均等的赌注；极为偶然的机会

    • 介词+～

  • against odds 克服困难
  • over the odds 不大可能
  • within the odds 可能

    • 短语

  • European Odds 欧洲赔率

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen.
  • In betting, odds are expressions with numbers such as "10 to 1" and "7 to 2" that show how likely something is thought to be, for example, how likely a particular horse is to lose or win a race.
  • If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or arguing with each other.
  • If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
  • If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
  • If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.

专业释义

    医药科学

  • 不平等

    • 经济学

  • 机率

    • 计算机科学技术

  • 海洋学数位资料系统 (oceanographic digital data system)

    • 生物学

  • 优势