odds
英[ɒdz]
美[ɑdz]
- n. 几率;胜算;不平等;差别
词组搭配
it makes no odds
(informal, chiefly Brit.)it does not matter
(非正式,主英)没有关系,无关紧要
lay (或 give) odds
offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better
(打赌时)让对方一筹
over the odds
(Brit.)above what is generally considered acceptable, especially for a price
(英)(尤指价格)超过正常的
you could be paying over the odds for perfume.
你有可能为香水多付钱。
take odds
offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better
占优势
what's the odds?
(informal)what does it matter?
(非正式)那有什么关系?
at odds
In disagreement; in conflict
争执:不同意;意见冲突
“The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds”(&b{Joyce Carol Oates})
“艺术家和自我批评…,除了一些幸运的例外,永远争执不下”(&b{乔伊丝·卡罗尔·奥茨})
by all odds
In every possible way; unquestionably
毫无疑问地:在每个可能的方法上;毫无疑问地
By all odds it is the best film of the year.
毫无疑问地,它是那年最佳影片