odds
noun [ plural ] uk/ɒdz/ us/ɑːdz/
C1 可能性，机会;几率，概率
the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen
If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point. 如果你一辈子开车的话，你有可能在某一时刻发生车祸。
There are heavy odds against people succeeding in such a bad economic climate. 在如此恶劣的经济环境下人们成功的可能性很小。
What are the odds on him being (= do you think he will be) re-elected? 他再次当选的几率有多大？
The overall odds of winning a lottery prize are 1 in 13. 抽中彩票的几率是十三分之一。
The odds are stacked against a woman succeeding (= it is not likely that a woman will succeed) in the business. 女性在生意场上成功的可能性不大。
投注赔率
in gambling (= the activity of risking money guessing the result of something), a probability expressed as a number
The odds against my horse winning (= that it will not win)/on my horse winning (= that it will win) are a hundred to one. 赌我的马输/赢的赔率是100比1。
The odds that the US entrant will win the race are ten to one. 赌美国选手在这次比赛中获胜的赔率是10比1。
- More examples
- Bookmakers are offering punters odds of 6-1 on the horse Red Devil winning the race.
- What are the odds on him winning the title for the third year running?
- The bookmakers aren't offering very good odds on a draw.
- The odds have shortened from 10-1 to 5-1.
- The odds against you winning such a competition are enormous.
Idioms
against (all) the odds/against all oddsidiom C2 尽管困难重重;在极为不利的情况下
If you do or achieve something against (all) the odds/against all odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed.
Against all the odds, he recovered. 他克服一切不利病况康复了。
be at oddsidiom C2 与…不合;与…意见不一致;与…相矛盾
to disagree
They're at odds over the funding of the project. 他们在向该项计划提供资金方面存在分歧。
Her version of events was at odds with (= very different from) the police report. 她对事情的描述跟警方报告有出入。
make no oddsidiom mainly UK informal 无关紧要；没多大区别；无所谓
to not be important, or to not change a situation or result
I don't mind whether you come or not - it makes no odds to me. 我不在乎你来不来——对我来说没什么关系。
over the oddsidiom UK informal （价钱）超出所值的
more than something is really worth
It's a nice enough car but I'm sure she paid over the odds for it. 这汽车确实很漂亮，但我敢肯定她买贵了。