long odds

基本解释

• 極不均等的賭注；極爲偶然的機會

英汉例句

雙語例句

• Given these long odds—even as Sariska’s new apex predator sniffs out its range—there are some who think the tiger’s survival too unlikely to waste time and money on.
  考慮到這些發生概率很小的事情（甚至薩裡斯卡國家公園內新的“至高無上”的肉食動物也在搜尋其活動範圍），有些人認爲老虎是不可能存活的，沒有必要將時間與金錢耗費在他們身上。
• He knows what a revolution looks like, he knows the long odds against any revolution actually coming to fruition, and he knows when it's worth trying anyway, despite the long odds.
  他知曉一場變革應該是怎樣的，也預見到那些最初不利於變革的渺茫因素，到最後亦有可能成爲現實，他知道什麽是值得嘗試的時機，即使成功機會的很小，依然要去做。
• He was by long odds the most eligible young man in town.
  他無論在哪一方麪都是鎮上最郃格的年輕人。

原聲例句

• "In countries that are incubators of extremism like Yemen, or are ravaged by poverty and natural disasters like Haiti, the odds are long,".

權威例句

• Wambugu overcame long odds even to get the education she needed for this venture.
  FORBES: Millions Served
• This despite very long odds for the kids and parents seeking an athletic scholarship.
  FORBES: Ralph Nader wants to kill youth sports as we know them
• But now that Coburn has declared defeat, the long odds against serious debt reduction have gotten longer.
  FORBES: Countdown to Catastrophe Resumes

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