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N-PLURAL
機會；可能性；幾率
You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen.
例句
What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?...
就在門口找到停車位的可能性有多大？
The odds are that you are going to fail.
你很可能會失敗。
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N-PLURAL
（賭博中的）賠率
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.
例句
Gavin Jones, who put ￡25 on Eugene, at odds of 50 to 1, has won ￡1,250.
加文·瓊斯以50比1的賠率賭尤金勝，他下注25英鎊，贏了1,250英鎊。
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PHRASE
（與…）不和；（與…）有矛盾；（與…）意見不一致
If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
例句
He was at odds with his Prime Minister...
他與首相不和。
An adviser said there was no reason why the two countries should remain at odds.
一位顧問說這兩個國家不會一直這樣爭執下去。
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PHRASE
（成功）可能性小，希望渺茫
If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
例句
He reckoned the odds are against the scheme going ahead...
他認為目前實施這項計劃的希望渺茫。
I'm sorry. I just feel as if the odds are stacked up against me.
對不起，我只是覺得情況好像對我很不利。
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PHRASE
盡管面臨重重困難;雖然可能性極小
If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
例句
Some women do manage to achieve business success against all odds...
盡管困難重重，一些女性還是在商場上獲得了成功。
Finally, late in life and against considerable odds, she became a nun.
她排除極大困難，最終在晚年成為了一名修女。
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PHRASE
（某人）很可能取得成功
If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
例句
His troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.
他的部隊只有在勝券在握的時候才打地面戰。
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PHR-ERG
使更有希望/使不大可能；機會增加/機會減少
To shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the odds shorten or lengthen .
例句
His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader.
他在那里得到的反應使他更有望成為英國保守黨下一任領導人。