odds
- n. 幾率;勝算;不平等;差別
詞組搭配
it makes no odds
(informal, chiefly Brit.)it does not matter
(非正式,主英)沒有關(guān)系,無(wú)關(guān)緊要
lay (或 give) odds
offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better
(打賭時(shí))讓對(duì)方一籌
over the odds
(Brit.)above what is generally considered acceptable, especially for a price
(英)(尤指價(jià)格)超過正常的
you could be paying over the odds for perfume.
你有可能為香水多付錢。
take odds
offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better
占優(yōu)勢(shì)
what's the odds?
(informal)what does it matter?
(非正式)那有什么關(guān)系?
at odds
In disagreement; in conflict
爭(zhēng)執(zhí):不同意;意見沖突
“The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds”(&b{Joyce Carol Oates})
“藝術(shù)家和自我批評(píng)…,除了一些幸運(yùn)的例外,永遠(yuǎn)爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不下”(&b{喬伊絲·卡羅爾·奧茨})
by all odds
In every possible way; unquestionably
毫無(wú)疑問地:在每個(gè)可能的方法上;毫無(wú)疑問地
By all odds it is the best film of the year.
毫無(wú)疑問地,它是那年最佳影片