1.（事物发生的）可能性，概率，几率，机会the degree to which sth is likely to happen
The odds are very much in our favour(= we are likely to succeed) .我方胜算的几率极大。
The odds are heavily against him(= he is not likely to succeed) .他成功的几率很小。
The odds are that(= it is likely that) she'll win.她有可能会赢。
What are the odds(= how likely is it) he won't turn up?他不会露面的可能性有多大？
2.不利条件；掣肘的事情；逆境something that makes it seem impossible to do or achieve sth
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。
Against all (the) odds , he made a full recovery.在凶多吉少的情形下，他终于完全康复了。
3.投注赔率the connection between two numbers that shows how much money sb will receive if they win a bet
odds of ten to one(= ten times the amount of money that has been bet by sb will be paid to them if they win)十比一的赔率
They are offering long/short odds(= the prize money will be high/low because there is a high/low risk of losing) on the defending champion.他们为卫冕者开出了高╱低赔率。
I'll lay odds on him getting the job(= I'm sure he will get it) .我敢说他能得到这份工作。
Lee was the odds-on favorite to become the next president of the company.
李最有可能担任公司下一届总裁。
I want to ask is a female after excising a side oviduct, how much is the odds that remnant is pregnant below a tubal circumstance?
我想问就是女性在切除一侧输卵管后，只剩一个输卵管的情况下怀孕的几率是多少？
If you were to try a password (or better yet a pass-phrase) that had any complexity to it, odds are that you'd get nothing back.
如果您尝试复杂的密码（或者最好是传递阶段），您可能没有收获。
A few big predators have memorably beaten the odds, at least for a while.
值得一提的是，极少数大型掠食动物至少暂时打破了这一宿命。
But if it is executed professionally, it can tip the odds in favor of making a good decision, and those odds are what our life is all about.
但是，如果按专业化的方法进行，它可以让几率偏向于做出一个好的决定，而那些几率就是我们人生最为重要的。
And yet individual countries are making progress, steady progress, sometimes stunning progress, against the odds.
但仍有一些国家克服重重障碍，正稳步推进，有的甚至取得了惊人进展。
AMERICA'S federal debt is so vast that it is hard to think about: a few billion here or there seems to make little odds.
美国联邦债务大到让人难以想象：分散在各处的数十亿美元似乎都无足轻重。
You know you're a God in the making; even if your present path in life is at odds with that eventuality.
你知道你是神在做，即使现在你的人生道路可能发生的是，在与赔率。
And the odds are that it would not pass if it were brought up for a vote today.
如果现在进行投票，它很可能无法获得通过。
And if it did, what are the odds of the UAW or Washington politicians giving their blessing? Pretty close to zero.
如果它这样做，全美汽车工人联合会或华盛顿的政治家赞成这项计划的可能性有多大？几乎是零。
So, as I said, the odds are that barring major mistakes, the next four years will be much better than the past four years.
所以，如我前面所言，最可能出现的情况是，除非犯下重大错误，否则未来四年会比过去四年好得多。
He admitted that, as he faced death, he might be overestimating the odds out of a desire to believe in an afterlife.
他承认，当他面对死亡，出于渴望，他可能过于相信死后世界存在的几率。
"Pesky new fossils. . . sharply at odds with conventional wisdom never seem to cease popping up, " Ruben wrote in his PNAS commentary.
“极新的化石…尖锐地向传统知识体系发起挑战，而且看起来永远不会停止挑战，”鲁本在PNAS上的评论文章里写道。
To halt the Yangtze crossing, the Kuomintang had a navy and an air force. Outwardly, the odds appeared in favor of Chiang Kai-shek.
而国民党却有海军和空军来阻击共军渡江，表面看来力量对比似乎对蒋介石有利。
Odds are we'll never need them. But it's better to be safe than to end up in a situation that resembles a Michael Bay movie.
很可能我们根本不需要这些。但是有备无患总是比最后陷于迈克尔·贝的电影《天体大冲撞》中出现的场景要好。
Despite poverty and great odds, they were supporting themselves and their families and trying to find new ways to improve their lives.
由于贫困与诸多，但她们正在养家糊口并寻找改善生活的新方式。
The odds of getting an old job back are better if you were let go for budgetary reasons and the company outlook has improved.
如果当初被裁员是由于预算方面的原因，而公司的前景已有改善的话，则重回老公司工作的可能性会更高。
That's like being both the smartest person in a room as well as the tallest. What are the odds of that?
这好比在同一间屋子里，一个智商最高的人，同时也身高最高，这种几率有多大呢？
Some of the statistics seem to paint a surprisingly benign picture of the industry at the moment, but the reality seems at odds with this.
一些统计数据似乎为当前的私人股本行业勾勒出了一幅出人意料的美好图景，但现实似乎并非如此。
Odds are, at least one of his friend's neighbors had a drill that was sitting idle.
至少他那位朋友的一位邻居就有一个闲置的钻子。
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