Definition of odds in English:

odds

plural noun ɒdzɑdz

1The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way.
赔率（指根据输赢概率得出的各赌家所下赌注大小的比率）
Nicer is starting at odds of 8-1
在奈色儿以8比1的赔率开始赌赛的情况下。
it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds
可能会以很大赔率赢得比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- Before play, bookmakers were quoting odds of 33-1 on Bangladesh and 1-500 Australia.
- NSW Lotteries said the odds of buying a single winning ticket in the $2 jackpot were one in 11.8 million.
- However, if you have the maximum £30,000 invested, the odds of winning the jackpot fall to around 1 in 770,000 per draw.
- You could have had odds of 3-1 from Ladbrookes on Tabby to win before the first live heat, but now those odds have shortened even more.
- At Stroud bookmakers in Hull he claimed to have won big money after staking £1.50 on an Irish Lottery game at incredible odds of 6,561-1.
- Use of the Whipple Bumper is expected to reduce the odds of a collision to one in ten.
- He also liked the bookmaker's odds of 7/2 for nobody to win a Grand Slam this time around.
- But the odds of winning the jackpot on the lottery are still 1,000 times better, at one in nearly 14m.
- Many people who play the lottery tend to forget about, or pay scant attention to, the odds of winning.
- At odds of 16-1, and with White displaying splendid form throughout the first five days of action, it began to look like very prescient gambling.
- No self-respecting gambler would play odds of 14 million to one.
- Having opened at the prohibitive odds of 4/6 she was expected to enjoy a fairly comfortable success.
- Bookmakers are quoting long odds of 16-1 on a Tory victory; but 5-1 on a hung parliament.
- Differences are reported as odds ratios and based on the statistic.
- As illustrated by the odds ratios, the odds of rearrest for traditionally adjudicated offenders are two times those of drug court participants.
- Ms Thompson said Mr Doran was ‘absolutely right’ to say that the odds of winning the jackpot were 14 million to one.
- Bookmakers are offering odds of 500-1 that Rooney will receive a knighthood after his explosive Reds debut.
- But before gamblers get too excited, they should remember that the odds of winning the jackpot are nearly one in 14m.
- As I explained in this article, the odds of winning the Jackpot are almost fourteen million to one.
- Malcolm confirms that the odds of winning big lottery and pokie payouts are ‘in the millions to one’.
1. 1.1usually the odds The chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case.
  机会，可能性
  the odds are that he is no longer alive
  可能他已经死了。
  the odds against this ever happening are high
  这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the odds are that hostility will get even worse.
  Therefore, the odds are that most of them will take the chance of bringing it into court.
  If this does not happen the odds are that the Mountmellick TD could be on his way out of Leinster House.
  In another, the odds against chance were calculated to be 10 11 to 1.
  Ms. Cohen herself acknowledges the odds against her.
  Consequently, if you do not already manage someone who is handicapped, the odds are increasing that some day you will.
  But to take this route as an author of creative fiction would seem to be the clearest way to stack the odds against the novel's success.
  And when that happened the odds are that we would lose both the building and the local provision of services.
  But odds are that it won't undo all of today's rain-induced vulnerability.
  One of my dazed wits tried to tell me the odds against this actually happening.
  Finally, according to Freeman, the odds against all three of these statistical anomalies occurring together are 250 million to one.
  I mentioned that the odds against him winning, according to Centrebet, were 46 to 1.
  It will cost a lot of money, and the odds are that it won't work, right?
  With what followed, the golfing odds may be against either claiming an unlikely victory today, but these were welcome returns to form nonetheless.
  But if a paper decides to run an article like this, the odds are that it will actually hit the streets, with punishment coming after the fact.
  But in a one-typesetter town, the odds are that the local type shop will offer mainly ITC faces.
  Although the odds against creating such an effective organization to represent taxpaying interests seem steep, the numbers give hope.
  If you are female, the odds are that you are more attractive than you think, so try flirting with some better-looking men.
  It is a story of determination over great odds, strokes of luck and relentless love.
  To say we've beaten the odds against success is an understatement.
  Synonyms
  likelihood, probability, chances, chance, balance
2. 1.2usually the odds The balance of advantage; superiority in strength, power, or resources.
  优势平衡，势均力敌；（力量、权力或资源上的）优势
  she clung to the lead against all the odds
  尽管困难重重，她还是坚持着领先地位。
  the odds were overwhelmingly in favour of the banks rather than the customer
  优势几乎完全在银行这一边而不是客户那一边。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Against all the odds the motion was passed but it later emerged that at the time of the voting most of the delegates were at Mass.
  This was a massive point won by Wanderers against all the odds and it may prove absolutely vital in the context of the season as a whole.
  You could say the same about director Bille Woodruff's last movie, Honey, which against all the odds, I totally loved.
  We had a bit of luck but we had a big heart and a lot of belief and sometimes that can achieve things against all the odds.
  Tonight I shall raise my glass to all those nameless individuals that against all the odds bring happiness and prosperity to this land of smiles.
  The moral is if these guys could do it, against all the odds, so could you.
  As the characters struggle to be human against all the odds the play reflects the struggle that all humans face in life.
  He chose Duan Qirui, who thus, on 24 November 1924, came back to power against all the odds.
  He reminded the congregation of the Pioneer Movement which against all the odds, had an increased membership of 15,000 last year.
  Against all the odds Keble extended their lead to 17-3 and, despite a mini-revival from Brasenose they held on to this advantage at half time.
  Against all the odds, Hu has found happiness in Shenzhen - and not just in materialistic terms.
  Fair play to them both, they took on what was a mountainous challenge and now against all the odds have emerged victorious.
  He fought that election against all the odds and was within a half percent of pulling off a spectacular victory.
  In some cases some succeeded against all the odds.
  Three months later, against all the odds, Owain was battling on and was finally allowed home - just in time for Mother's Day!
  He overcame these and tackled his job with enthusiasm and flair that got results against all the odds.
  He had a great fighting spirit to keep going against all the odds.
  But that didn't surprise me, because there's a side to Annabelle which is about holding out against all the odds.
  Against all the odds an unbeaten home record had been preserved, while in turn Cork City had held on to their unbeaten away record.
  Jimmy Carter, against all the odds, won the Democratic Nomination for the 1976 American presidential election.
  Synonyms
  advantage, lead, edge, superiority, supremacy, ascendancy

Phrases

at odds

In conflict or at variance.
矛盾；不一致
his behaviour is at odds with the interests of the company
他的行为与公司的利益不一致。
Example sentencesExamples
- But conflict resolution in recent decades is at odds with the principled approach.
- She had felt different and increasingly at odds with her family, in particular her mother Fanny.
- That guidance is clearly different from and at odds with the 1972 decision letter.
- Even more impressively, he did so while obviously at odds with his swing.
- His conversion to the Nation of Islam years later, she said, was at odds with his Baptist upbringing.
- The intense angst though felt at odds with the surrounding natural tranquil beauty.
- Any other result would have been at odds with the balance of the game.
- He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops.
- Service withdrawal seems to be entirely at odds with any claim to professionalism at all.
- The architecture demands a kind of display which is at odds with the tone both of the words and of the spirit of the institution.
Synonyms
in conflict, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarrelling, arguing, clashing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at outs, estranged
at variance, not in keeping, out of keeping, out of line, out of step, in opposition, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing, contrary, incompatible, contradictory, inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous, discrepant

by all odds

Certainly.
〈北美〉肯定
Example sentencesExamples
- By 8: 15 in the morning, when Bob had deposited the last of his magazines on the departmental porter's desk for mailing, he should by all odds have been tired.
- Of course, by all odds he should be dead, but he isn't.

it makes no odds

informal It does not matter.
〈非正式，主英〉没有关系，无关紧要
come and see me any time—it makes no odds to me!
Example sentencesExamples
- I try not to eavesdrop but it makes no odds anyway - his conversation is peppered with indecipherable tycoon-speak references to share prices and dotcoms.
- If it succeeds, some remedy is required, and it makes no odds at all whether or not the externality ‘belongs to society’.
- You can make all the money in the world available, but it makes no odds if you haven't got the talent.
- Creels or computers, it makes no odds: just different endings to the same old song.

lay (or give) odds

1Offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better.
（打赌时）让对方一筹
bookies have refused to give odds on the outcome of today's debate
Example sentencesExamples
- Anybody want to lay odds that this is going to get sticky?
- Lygo is himself being tipped for the job, with Ladbrokes giving odds of 3-1.
- There has been an average of four Irish-trained winners over the last ten years and bookmaker Paddy Power is giving odds of 7-2 on this happening again.
- I'll lay odds you aren't Daljon - and I rarely lose a bet.
- Paddy Power Bookmakers is presently laying odds of 25/1 against Vintage Tipple winning the Arc.
- And bookmaker William Hill is willing to give odds close to that to anybody wanting to bet on disaster.
- Since he was now a chess god, he could only find games for money if he gave odds.
- How he gave odds to different scenarios was arbitrary, Woker told me.
- It's more like a bookie giving odds on how likely he is to win the match.
- If I were laying odds on the division title, it'd be 70 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent.
Synonyms
bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture
1. 1.1Be very sure about something.
  〈喻〉非常肯定
  I'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider
  我敢打赌当事人一定是内部的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One phrase we'll lay odds on you will hear tonight is flip-flop.
  And I'll lay odds that it has something to do with the grand opening of the fishery on Saturday.
  I'd lay odds, though, that the thief won't be found, although the computer might turn up at some point.
  I'll lay odds you will see it more often over the next year than you imagine.
  I would lay odds that it will begin in the next 48 hours.
  But they're the wrong face to put on this group, let alone lead it, and I'll lay odds it keeps people away.
  I'd lay odds it has something to do with a certain young vixen.

over the odds

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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Consumers could be paying over the odds for extended warranties on household electrical products, the Office of Fair Trading said yesterday.
- Unless your mortgage is with one of the five cheapest lenders mentioned above, you're probably paying over the odds.
- Occasionally a buyer will nab a bargain - one bike sold for only £10 - but others will sometimes pay over the odds.
- Antique furniture, for example, has plummeted in value recently, meaning you could be paying over the odds to insure the contents of your home.
- Some analysts fear it could have paid over the odds for the bank - claims which the bank has previously dismissed as ‘nonsense’.
- We already suffer by paying over the odds for Insurance due to excessive and fraudulent claims.
- And no venture capitalist wants to pay over the odds.
- It may be a challenging task given that rival insurers claim the price paid was over the odds.
- We'll pay over the odds to distinguish ourselves through what we buy, so the growth opportunities lie in offering personalised cars, suits or holidays.
- I resign myself to paying over the odds, and remind myself that this is still an outrageously low sum.
Synonyms
extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate

take odds

Offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better.
（打赌时）让对方一筹
you might be tempted to take odds on a dead heat
Example sentencesExamples
- The punter took odds of 20-1 on Irish horse Davids Lad for next month's race at Aintree.
- The Council say it will take a year but I wouldn't take odds on this, bearing in mind, for instance, Eastbrook Hall or Rawson Market.
- There are bookmakers already taking odds that Mr. Lewis, like Muhammad Ali in 1979, will soon retire from this retirement and be back in the ring.
- It's therefore worth investigating, in practical terms, how much difference taking odds really makes.
- This being British, male and British-made, most members would be happy taking odds on the fastest of two snowflakes.
- One simply lays or takes odds on the team he expects to win the game.

what's the odds?

informal What does it matter?
〈非正式，主英〉没有关系，无关紧要
Example sentencesExamples
- What's the odds of getting at least one marble from the multiple pot scenario?
- What's the odds of flipping a coin and coming up heads?

Origin

Early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd 'odd number or odd person'.

Definition of odds in US English:

odds

plural nounɑdzädz

1The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way.
赔率（指根据输赢概率得出的各赌家所下赌注大小的比率）
the bookies are offering odds of 8-1
it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds
可能会以很大赔率赢得比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- As I explained in this article, the odds of winning the Jackpot are almost fourteen million to one.
- But the odds of winning the jackpot on the lottery are still 1,000 times better, at one in nearly 14m.
- Bookmakers are quoting long odds of 16-1 on a Tory victory; but 5-1 on a hung parliament.
- Use of the Whipple Bumper is expected to reduce the odds of a collision to one in ten.
- He also liked the bookmaker's odds of 7/2 for nobody to win a Grand Slam this time around.
- Bookmakers are offering odds of 500-1 that Rooney will receive a knighthood after his explosive Reds debut.
- Before play, bookmakers were quoting odds of 33-1 on Bangladesh and 1-500 Australia.
- No self-respecting gambler would play odds of 14 million to one.
- NSW Lotteries said the odds of buying a single winning ticket in the $2 jackpot were one in 11.8 million.
- Having opened at the prohibitive odds of 4/6 she was expected to enjoy a fairly comfortable success.
- But before gamblers get too excited, they should remember that the odds of winning the jackpot are nearly one in 14m.
- Differences are reported as odds ratios and based on the statistic.
- However, if you have the maximum £30,000 invested, the odds of winning the jackpot fall to around 1 in 770,000 per draw.
- Many people who play the lottery tend to forget about, or pay scant attention to, the odds of winning.
- You could have had odds of 3-1 from Ladbrookes on Tabby to win before the first live heat, but now those odds have shortened even more.
- At odds of 16-1, and with White displaying splendid form throughout the first five days of action, it began to look like very prescient gambling.
- Malcolm confirms that the odds of winning big lottery and pokie payouts are ‘in the millions to one’.
- At Stroud bookmakers in Hull he claimed to have won big money after staking £1.50 on an Irish Lottery game at incredible odds of 6,561-1.
- Ms Thompson said Mr Doran was ‘absolutely right’ to say that the odds of winning the jackpot were 14 million to one.
- As illustrated by the odds ratios, the odds of rearrest for traditionally adjudicated offenders are two times those of drug court participants.
1. 1.1usually the odds The chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case.
  机会，可能性
  the odds are that he is no longer alive
  可能他已经死了。
  the odds against this ever happening are high
  这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And when that happened the odds are that we would lose both the building and the local provision of services.
  Therefore, the odds are that most of them will take the chance of bringing it into court.
  It will cost a lot of money, and the odds are that it won't work, right?
  But the odds are that hostility will get even worse.
  I mentioned that the odds against him winning, according to Centrebet, were 46 to 1.
  If this does not happen the odds are that the Mountmellick TD could be on his way out of Leinster House.
  But odds are that it won't undo all of today's rain-induced vulnerability.
  One of my dazed wits tried to tell me the odds against this actually happening.
  In another, the odds against chance were calculated to be 10 11 to 1.
  To say we've beaten the odds against success is an understatement.
  If you are female, the odds are that you are more attractive than you think, so try flirting with some better-looking men.
  It is a story of determination over great odds, strokes of luck and relentless love.
  Consequently, if you do not already manage someone who is handicapped, the odds are increasing that some day you will.
  Although the odds against creating such an effective organization to represent taxpaying interests seem steep, the numbers give hope.
  Ms. Cohen herself acknowledges the odds against her.
  But to take this route as an author of creative fiction would seem to be the clearest way to stack the odds against the novel's success.
  Finally, according to Freeman, the odds against all three of these statistical anomalies occurring together are 250 million to one.
  But in a one-typesetter town, the odds are that the local type shop will offer mainly ITC faces.
  But if a paper decides to run an article like this, the odds are that it will actually hit the streets, with punishment coming after the fact.
  With what followed, the golfing odds may be against either claiming an unlikely victory today, but these were welcome returns to form nonetheless.
2. 1.2usually the odds Superiority in strength, power, or resources; advantage.
  she clung to the lead against all the odds
  尽管困难重重，她还是坚持着领先地位。
  the odds were overwhelmingly in favor of the banks rather than the customer
  优势几乎完全在银行这一边而不是客户那一边。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had a great fighting spirit to keep going against all the odds.
  As the characters struggle to be human against all the odds the play reflects the struggle that all humans face in life.
  We had a bit of luck but we had a big heart and a lot of belief and sometimes that can achieve things against all the odds.
  The moral is if these guys could do it, against all the odds, so could you.
  Against all the odds Keble extended their lead to 17-3 and, despite a mini-revival from Brasenose they held on to this advantage at half time.
  Against all the odds an unbeaten home record had been preserved, while in turn Cork City had held on to their unbeaten away record.
  This was a massive point won by Wanderers against all the odds and it may prove absolutely vital in the context of the season as a whole.
  He reminded the congregation of the Pioneer Movement which against all the odds, had an increased membership of 15,000 last year.
  Tonight I shall raise my glass to all those nameless individuals that against all the odds bring happiness and prosperity to this land of smiles.
  You could say the same about director Bille Woodruff's last movie, Honey, which against all the odds, I totally loved.
  Jimmy Carter, against all the odds, won the Democratic Nomination for the 1976 American presidential election.
  He overcame these and tackled his job with enthusiasm and flair that got results against all the odds.
  Against all the odds the motion was passed but it later emerged that at the time of the voting most of the delegates were at Mass.
  But that didn't surprise me, because there's a side to Annabelle which is about holding out against all the odds.
  He fought that election against all the odds and was within a half percent of pulling off a spectacular victory.
  He chose Duan Qirui, who thus, on 24 November 1924, came back to power against all the odds.
  Three months later, against all the odds, Owain was battling on and was finally allowed home - just in time for Mother's Day!
  Against all the odds, Hu has found happiness in Shenzhen - and not just in materialistic terms.
  Fair play to them both, they took on what was a mountainous challenge and now against all the odds have emerged victorious.
  In some cases some succeeded against all the odds.

Phrases

at odds

In conflict or at variance.
矛盾；不一致
his behavior is at odds with the interests of the company
他的行为与公司的利益不一致。
Example sentencesExamples
- His conversion to the Nation of Islam years later, she said, was at odds with his Baptist upbringing.
- Service withdrawal seems to be entirely at odds with any claim to professionalism at all.
- But conflict resolution in recent decades is at odds with the principled approach.
- Any other result would have been at odds with the balance of the game.
- He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops.
- The intense angst though felt at odds with the surrounding natural tranquil beauty.
- She had felt different and increasingly at odds with her family, in particular her mother Fanny.
- Even more impressively, he did so while obviously at odds with his swing.
- That guidance is clearly different from and at odds with the 1972 decision letter.
- The architecture demands a kind of display which is at odds with the tone both of the words and of the spirit of the institution.
Synonyms
in conflict, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarrelling, arguing, clashing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at outs, estranged
at variance, not in keeping, out of keeping, out of line, out of step, in opposition, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing, contrary, incompatible, contradictory, inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous, discrepant

by all odds

Certainly; by far.
〈北美〉肯定
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, by all odds he should be dead, but he isn't.
- By 8: 15 in the morning, when Bob had deposited the last of his magazines on the departmental porter's desk for mailing, he should by all odds have been tired.

lay (or give) odds

1Offer a bet with odds favorable to the other bettor.
（打赌时）让对方一筹
Example sentencesExamples
- It's more like a bookie giving odds on how likely he is to win the match.
- If I were laying odds on the division title, it'd be 70 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent.
- How he gave odds to different scenarios was arbitrary, Woker told me.
- Since he was now a chess god, he could only find games for money if he gave odds.
- There has been an average of four Irish-trained winners over the last ten years and bookmaker Paddy Power is giving odds of 7-2 on this happening again.
- And bookmaker William Hill is willing to give odds close to that to anybody wanting to bet on disaster.
- Anybody want to lay odds that this is going to get sticky?
- I'll lay odds you aren't Daljon - and I rarely lose a bet.
- Lygo is himself being tipped for the job, with Ladbrokes giving odds of 3-1.
- Paddy Power Bookmakers is presently laying odds of 25/1 against Vintage Tipple winning the Arc.
Synonyms
bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture
1. 1.1Be very sure about something.
  〈喻〉非常肯定
  I'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider
  我敢打赌当事人一定是内部的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'd lay odds it has something to do with a certain young vixen.
  And I'll lay odds that it has something to do with the grand opening of the fishery on Saturday.
  One phrase we'll lay odds on you will hear tonight is flip-flop.
  But they're the wrong face to put on this group, let alone lead it, and I'll lay odds it keeps people away.
  I'll lay odds you will see it more often over the next year than you imagine.
  I would lay odds that it will begin in the next 48 hours.
  I'd lay odds, though, that the thief won't be found, although the computer might turn up at some point.

take odds

Offer a bet with odds unfavorable to the other bettor.
（打赌时）让对方一筹
Example sentencesExamples
- The Council say it will take a year but I wouldn't take odds on this, bearing in mind, for instance, Eastbrook Hall or Rawson Market.
- It's therefore worth investigating, in practical terms, how much difference taking odds really makes.
- There are bookmakers already taking odds that Mr. Lewis, like Muhammad Ali in 1979, will soon retire from this retirement and be back in the ring.
- This being British, male and British-made, most members would be happy taking odds on the fastest of two snowflakes.
- One simply lays or takes odds on the team he expects to win the game.
- The punter took odds of 20-1 on Irish horse Davids Lad for next month's race at Aintree.

Origin

Early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd ‘odd number or odd person’.

词汇	odds
释义	Definition of odds in English: odds plural noun ɒdzɑdz 1The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 赔率（指根据输赢概率得出的各赌家所下赌注大小的比率） Nicer is starting at odds of 8-1 在奈色儿以8比1的赔率开始赌赛的情况下。 it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds 可能会以很大赔率赢得比赛。 Example sentencesExamples Before play, bookmakers were quoting odds of 33-1 on Bangladesh and 1-500 Australia. NSW Lotteries said the odds of buying a single winning ticket in the $2 jackpot were one in 11.8 million. However, if you have the maximum £30,000 invested, the odds of winning the jackpot fall to around 1 in 770,000 per draw. You could have had odds of 3-1 from Ladbrookes on Tabby to win before the first live heat, but now those odds have shortened even more. At Stroud bookmakers in Hull he claimed to have won big money after staking £1.50 on an Irish Lottery game at incredible odds of 6,561-1. Use of the Whipple Bumper is expected to reduce the odds of a collision to one in ten. He also liked the bookmaker's odds of 7/2 for nobody to win a Grand Slam this time around. But the odds of winning the jackpot on the lottery are still 1,000 times better, at one in nearly 14m. Many people who play the lottery tend to forget about, or pay scant attention to, the odds of winning. At odds of 16-1, and with White displaying splendid form throughout the first five days of action, it began to look like very prescient gambling. No self-respecting gambler would play odds of 14 million to one. Having opened at the prohibitive odds of 4/6 she was expected to enjoy a fairly comfortable success. Bookmakers are quoting long odds of 16-1 on a Tory victory; but 5-1 on a hung parliament. Differences are reported as odds ratios and based on the statistic. As illustrated by the odds ratios, the odds of rearrest for traditionally adjudicated offenders are two times those of drug court participants. Ms Thompson said Mr Doran was ‘absolutely right’ to say that the odds of winning the jackpot were 14 million to one. Bookmakers are offering odds of 500-1 that Rooney will receive a knighthood after his explosive Reds debut. But before gamblers get too excited, they should remember that the odds of winning the jackpot are nearly one in 14m. As I explained in this article, the odds of winning the Jackpot are almost fourteen million to one. Malcolm confirms that the odds of winning big lottery and pokie payouts are ‘in the millions to one’. 1.1usually the odds The chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case. 机会，可能性 the odds are that he is no longer alive 可能他已经死了。 the odds against this ever happening are high 这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。 Example sentencesExamples But the odds are that hostility will get even worse. Therefore, the odds are that most of them will take the chance of bringing it into court. If this does not happen the odds are that the Mountmellick TD could be on his way out of Leinster House. In another, the odds against chance were calculated to be 10 11 to 1. Ms. Cohen herself acknowledges the odds against her. Consequently, if you do not already manage someone who is handicapped, the odds are increasing that some day you will. But to take this route as an author of creative fiction would seem to be the clearest way to stack the odds against the novel's success. And when that happened the odds are that we would lose both the building and the local provision of services. But odds are that it won't undo all of today's rain-induced vulnerability. One of my dazed wits tried to tell me the odds against this actually happening. Finally, according to Freeman, the odds against all three of these statistical anomalies occurring together are 250 million to one. I mentioned that the odds against him winning, according to Centrebet, were 46 to 1. It will cost a lot of money, and the odds are that it won't work, right? With what followed, the golfing odds may be against either claiming an unlikely victory today, but these were welcome returns to form nonetheless. But if a paper decides to run an article like this, the odds are that it will actually hit the streets, with punishment coming after the fact. But in a one-typesetter town, the odds are that the local type shop will offer mainly ITC faces. Although the odds against creating such an effective organization to represent taxpaying interests seem steep, the numbers give hope. If you are female, the odds are that you are more attractive than you think, so try flirting with some better-looking men. It is a story of determination over great odds, strokes of luck and relentless love. To say we've beaten the odds against success is an understatement. Synonyms likelihood, probability, chances, chance, balance 1.2usually the odds The balance of advantage; superiority in strength, power, or resources. 优势平衡，势均力敌；（力量、权力或资源上的）优势 she clung to the lead against all the odds 尽管困难重重，她还是坚持着领先地位。 the odds were overwhelmingly in favour of the banks rather than the customer 优势几乎完全在银行这一边而不是客户那一边。 Example sentencesExamples Against all the odds the motion was passed but it later emerged that at the time of the voting most of the delegates were at Mass. This was a massive point won by Wanderers against all the odds and it may prove absolutely vital in the context of the season as a whole. You could say the same about director Bille Woodruff's last movie, Honey, which against all the odds, I totally loved. We had a bit of luck but we had a big heart and a lot of belief and sometimes that can achieve things against all the odds. Tonight I shall raise my glass to all those nameless individuals that against all the odds bring happiness and prosperity to this land of smiles. The moral is if these guys could do it, against all the odds, so could you. As the characters struggle to be human against all the odds the play reflects the struggle that all humans face in life. He chose Duan Qirui, who thus, on 24 November 1924, came back to power against all the odds. He reminded the congregation of the Pioneer Movement which against all the odds, had an increased membership of 15,000 last year. Against all the odds Keble extended their lead to 17-3 and, despite a mini-revival from Brasenose they held on to this advantage at half time. Against all the odds, Hu has found happiness in Shenzhen - and not just in materialistic terms. Fair play to them both, they took on what was a mountainous challenge and now against all the odds have emerged victorious. He fought that election against all the odds and was within a half percent of pulling off a spectacular victory. In some cases some succeeded against all the odds. Three months later, against all the odds, Owain was battling on and was finally allowed home - just in time for Mother's Day! He overcame these and tackled his job with enthusiasm and flair that got results against all the odds. He had a great fighting spirit to keep going against all the odds. But that didn't surprise me, because there's a side to Annabelle which is about holding out against all the odds. Against all the odds an unbeaten home record had been preserved, while in turn Cork City had held on to their unbeaten away record. Jimmy Carter, against all the odds, won the Democratic Nomination for the 1976 American presidential election. Synonyms advantage, lead, edge, superiority, supremacy, ascendancy Phrases at odds In conflict or at variance. 矛盾；不一致 his behaviour is at odds with the interests of the company 他的行为与公司的利益不一致。 Example sentencesExamples But conflict resolution in recent decades is at odds with the principled approach. She had felt different and increasingly at odds with her family, in particular her mother Fanny. That guidance is clearly different from and at odds with the 1972 decision letter. Even more impressively, he did so while obviously at odds with his swing. His conversion to the Nation of Islam years later, she said, was at odds with his Baptist upbringing. The intense angst though felt at odds with the surrounding natural tranquil beauty. Any other result would have been at odds with the balance of the game. He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops. Service withdrawal seems to be entirely at odds with any claim to professionalism at all. The architecture demands a kind of display which is at odds with the tone both of the words and of the spirit of the institution. Synonyms in conflict, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarrelling, arguing, clashing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at outs, estranged at variance, not in keeping, out of keeping, out of line, out of step, in opposition, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing, contrary, incompatible, contradictory, inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous, discrepant by all odds Certainly. 〈北美〉肯定 Example sentencesExamples By 8: 15 in the morning, when Bob had deposited the last of his magazines on the departmental porter's desk for mailing, he should by all odds have been tired. Of course, by all odds he should be dead, but he isn't. it makes no odds informal It does not matter. 〈非正式，主英〉没有关系，无关紧要 come and see me any time—it makes no odds to me! Example sentencesExamples I try not to eavesdrop but it makes no odds anyway - his conversation is peppered with indecipherable tycoon-speak references to share prices and dotcoms. If it succeeds, some remedy is required, and it makes no odds at all whether or not the externality ‘belongs to society’. You can make all the money in the world available, but it makes no odds if you haven't got the talent. Creels or computers, it makes no odds: just different endings to the same old song. lay (or give) odds 1Offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better. （打赌时）让对方一筹 bookies have refused to give odds on the outcome of today's debate Example sentencesExamples Anybody want to lay odds that this is going to get sticky? Lygo is himself being tipped for the job, with Ladbrokes giving odds of 3-1. There has been an average of four Irish-trained winners over the last ten years and bookmaker Paddy Power is giving odds of 7-2 on this happening again. I'll lay odds you aren't Daljon - and I rarely lose a bet. Paddy Power Bookmakers is presently laying odds of 25/1 against Vintage Tipple winning the Arc. And bookmaker William Hill is willing to give odds close to that to anybody wanting to bet on disaster. Since he was now a chess god, he could only find games for money if he gave odds. How he gave odds to different scenarios was arbitrary, Woker told me. It's more like a bookie giving odds on how likely he is to win the match. If I were laying odds on the division title, it'd be 70 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent. Synonyms bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture 1.1Be very sure about something. 〈喻〉非常肯定 I'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider 我敢打赌当事人一定是内部的人。 Example sentencesExamples One phrase we'll lay odds on you will hear tonight is flip-flop. And I'll lay odds that it has something to do with the grand opening of the fishery on Saturday. I'd lay odds, though, that the thief won't be found, although the computer might turn up at some point. I'll lay odds you will see it more often over the next year than you imagine. I would lay odds that it will begin in the next 48 hours. But they're the wrong face to put on this group, let alone lead it, and I'll lay odds it keeps people away. I'd lay odds it has something to do with a certain young vixen. over the odds 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。 Example sentencesExamples Consumers could be paying over the odds for extended warranties on household electrical products, the Office of Fair Trading said yesterday. Unless your mortgage is with one of the five cheapest lenders mentioned above, you're probably paying over the odds. Occasionally a buyer will nab a bargain - one bike sold for only £10 - but others will sometimes pay over the odds. Antique furniture, for example, has plummeted in value recently, meaning you could be paying over the odds to insure the contents of your home. Some analysts fear it could have paid over the odds for the bank - claims which the bank has previously dismissed as ‘nonsense’. We already suffer by paying over the odds for Insurance due to excessive and fraudulent claims. And no venture capitalist wants to pay over the odds. It may be a challenging task given that rival insurers claim the price paid was over the odds. We'll pay over the odds to distinguish ourselves through what we buy, so the growth opportunities lie in offering personalised cars, suits or holidays. I resign myself to paying over the odds, and remind myself that this is still an outrageously low sum. Synonyms extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate take odds Offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better. （打赌时）让对方一筹 you might be tempted to take odds on a dead heat Example sentencesExamples The punter took odds of 20-1 on Irish horse Davids Lad for next month's race at Aintree. The Council say it will take a year but I wouldn't take odds on this, bearing in mind, for instance, Eastbrook Hall or Rawson Market. There are bookmakers already taking odds that Mr. Lewis, like Muhammad Ali in 1979, will soon retire from this retirement and be back in the ring. It's therefore worth investigating, in practical terms, how much difference taking odds really makes. This being British, male and British-made, most members would be happy taking odds on the fastest of two snowflakes. One simply lays or takes odds on the team he expects to win the game. what's the odds? informal What does it matter? 〈非正式，主英〉没有关系，无关紧要 Example sentencesExamples What's the odds of getting at least one marble from the multiple pot scenario? What's the odds of flipping a coin and coming up heads? Origin Early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd 'odd number or odd person'. noun..1 phr. Definition of odds in US English: odds plural nounɑdzädz 1The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 赔率（指根据输赢概率得出的各赌家所下赌注大小的比率） the bookies are offering odds of 8-1 it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds 可能会以很大赔率赢得比赛。 Example sentencesExamples As I explained in this article, the odds of winning the Jackpot are almost fourteen million to one. But the odds of winning the jackpot on the lottery are still 1,000 times better, at one in nearly 14m. Bookmakers are quoting long odds of 16-1 on a Tory victory; but 5-1 on a hung parliament. Use of the Whipple Bumper is expected to reduce the odds of a collision to one in ten. He also liked the bookmaker's odds of 7/2 for nobody to win a Grand Slam this time around. Bookmakers are offering odds of 500-1 that Rooney will receive a knighthood after his explosive Reds debut. Before play, bookmakers were quoting odds of 33-1 on Bangladesh and 1-500 Australia. No self-respecting gambler would play odds of 14 million to one. NSW Lotteries said the odds of buying a single winning ticket in the $2 jackpot were one in 11.8 million. Having opened at the prohibitive odds of 4/6 she was expected to enjoy a fairly comfortable success. But before gamblers get too excited, they should remember that the odds of winning the jackpot are nearly one in 14m. Differences are reported as odds ratios and based on the statistic. However, if you have the maximum £30,000 invested, the odds of winning the jackpot fall to around 1 in 770,000 per draw. Many people who play the lottery tend to forget about, or pay scant attention to, the odds of winning. You could have had odds of 3-1 from Ladbrookes on Tabby to win before the first live heat, but now those odds have shortened even more. At odds of 16-1, and with White displaying splendid form throughout the first five days of action, it began to look like very prescient gambling. Malcolm confirms that the odds of winning big lottery and pokie payouts are ‘in the millions to one’. At Stroud bookmakers in Hull he claimed to have won big money after staking £1.50 on an Irish Lottery game at incredible odds of 6,561-1. Ms Thompson said Mr Doran was ‘absolutely right’ to say that the odds of winning the jackpot were 14 million to one. As illustrated by the odds ratios, the odds of rearrest for traditionally adjudicated offenders are two times those of drug court participants. 1.1usually the odds The chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case. 机会，可能性 the odds are that he is no longer alive 可能他已经死了。 the odds against this ever happening are high 这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。 Example sentencesExamples And when that happened the odds are that we would lose both the building and the local provision of services. Therefore, the odds are that most of them will take the chance of bringing it into court. It will cost a lot of money, and the odds are that it won't work, right? But the odds are that hostility will get even worse. I mentioned that the odds against him winning, according to Centrebet, were 46 to 1. If this does not happen the odds are that the Mountmellick TD could be on his way out of Leinster House. But odds are that it won't undo all of today's rain-induced vulnerability. One of my dazed wits tried to tell me the odds against this actually happening. In another, the odds against chance were calculated to be 10 11 to 1. To say we've beaten the odds against success is an understatement. If you are female, the odds are that you are more attractive than you think, so try flirting with some better-looking men. It is a story of determination over great odds, strokes of luck and relentless love. Consequently, if you do not already manage someone who is handicapped, the odds are increasing that some day you will. Although the odds against creating such an effective organization to represent taxpaying interests seem steep, the numbers give hope. Ms. Cohen herself acknowledges the odds against her. But to take this route as an author of creative fiction would seem to be the clearest way to stack the odds against the novel's success. Finally, according to Freeman, the odds against all three of these statistical anomalies occurring together are 250 million to one. But in a one-typesetter town, the odds are that the local type shop will offer mainly ITC faces. But if a paper decides to run an article like this, the odds are that it will actually hit the streets, with punishment coming after the fact. With what followed, the golfing odds may be against either claiming an unlikely victory today, but these were welcome returns to form nonetheless. 1.2usually the odds Superiority in strength, power, or resources; advantage. she clung to the lead against all the odds 尽管困难重重，她还是坚持着领先地位。 the odds were overwhelmingly in favor of the banks rather than the customer 优势几乎完全在银行这一边而不是客户那一边。 Example sentencesExamples He had a great fighting spirit to keep going against all the odds. As the characters struggle to be human against all the odds the play reflects the struggle that all humans face in life. We had a bit of luck but we had a big heart and a lot of belief and sometimes that can achieve things against all the odds. The moral is if these guys could do it, against all the odds, so could you. Against all the odds Keble extended their lead to 17-3 and, despite a mini-revival from Brasenose they held on to this advantage at half time. Against all the odds an unbeaten home record had been preserved, while in turn Cork City had held on to their unbeaten away record. This was a massive point won by Wanderers against all the odds and it may prove absolutely vital in the context of the season as a whole. He reminded the congregation of the Pioneer Movement which against all the odds, had an increased membership of 15,000 last year. Tonight I shall raise my glass to all those nameless individuals that against all the odds bring happiness and prosperity to this land of smiles. You could say the same about director Bille Woodruff's last movie, Honey, which against all the odds, I totally loved. Jimmy Carter, against all the odds, won the Democratic Nomination for the 1976 American presidential election. He overcame these and tackled his job with enthusiasm and flair that got results against all the odds. Against all the odds the motion was passed but it later emerged that at the time of the voting most of the delegates were at Mass. But that didn't surprise me, because there's a side to Annabelle which is about holding out against all the odds. He fought that election against all the odds and was within a half percent of pulling off a spectacular victory. He chose Duan Qirui, who thus, on 24 November 1924, came back to power against all the odds. Three months later, against all the odds, Owain was battling on and was finally allowed home - just in time for Mother's Day! Against all the odds, Hu has found happiness in Shenzhen - and not just in materialistic terms. Fair play to them both, they took on what was a mountainous challenge and now against all the odds have emerged victorious. In some cases some succeeded against all the odds. Phrases at odds In conflict or at variance. 矛盾；不一致 his behavior is at odds with the interests of the company 他的行为与公司的利益不一致。 Example sentencesExamples His conversion to the Nation of Islam years later, she said, was at odds with his Baptist upbringing. Service withdrawal seems to be entirely at odds with any claim to professionalism at all. But conflict resolution in recent decades is at odds with the principled approach. Any other result would have been at odds with the balance of the game. He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops. The intense angst though felt at odds with the surrounding natural tranquil beauty. She had felt different and increasingly at odds with her family, in particular her mother Fanny. Even more impressively, he did so while obviously at odds with his swing. That guidance is clearly different from and at odds with the 1972 decision letter. The architecture demands a kind of display which is at odds with the tone both of the words and of the spirit of the institution. Synonyms in conflict, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarrelling, arguing, clashing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at outs, estranged at variance, not in keeping, out of keeping, out of line, out of step, in opposition, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing, contrary, incompatible, contradictory, inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous, discrepant by all odds Certainly; by far. 〈北美〉肯定 Example sentencesExamples Of course, by all odds he should be dead, but he isn't. By 8: 15 in the morning, when Bob had deposited the last of his magazines on the departmental porter's desk for mailing, he should by all odds have been tired. lay (or give) odds 1Offer a bet with odds favorable to the other bettor. （打赌时）让对方一筹 Example sentencesExamples It's more like a bookie giving odds on how likely he is to win the match. If I were laying odds on the division title, it'd be 70 percent, 20 percent, 10 percent. How he gave odds to different scenarios was arbitrary, Woker told me. Since he was now a chess god, he could only find games for money if he gave odds. There has been an average of four Irish-trained winners over the last ten years and bookmaker Paddy Power is giving odds of 7-2 on this happening again. And bookmaker William Hill is willing to give odds close to that to anybody wanting to bet on disaster. Anybody want to lay odds that this is going to get sticky? I'll lay odds you aren't Daljon - and I rarely lose a bet. Lygo is himself being tipped for the job, with Ladbrokes giving odds of 3-1. Paddy Power Bookmakers is presently laying odds of 25/1 against Vintage Tipple winning the Arc. Synonyms bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture 1.1Be very sure about something. 〈喻〉非常肯定 I'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider 我敢打赌当事人一定是内部的人。 Example sentencesExamples I'd lay odds it has something to do with a certain young vixen. And I'll lay odds that it has something to do with the grand opening of the fishery on Saturday. One phrase we'll lay odds on you will hear tonight is flip-flop. But they're the wrong face to put on this group, let alone lead it, and I'll lay odds it keeps people away. I'll lay odds you will see it more often over the next year than you imagine. I would lay odds that it will begin in the next 48 hours. I'd lay odds, though, that the thief won't be found, although the computer might turn up at some point. take odds Offer a bet with odds unfavorable to the other bettor. （打赌时）让对方一筹 Example sentencesExamples The Council say it will take a year but I wouldn't take odds on this, bearing in mind, for instance, Eastbrook Hall or Rawson Market. It's therefore worth investigating, in practical terms, how much difference taking odds really makes. There are bookmakers already taking odds that Mr. Lewis, like Muhammad Ali in 1979, will soon retire from this retirement and be back in the ring. This being British, male and British-made, most members would be happy taking odds on the fastest of two snowflakes. One simply lays or takes odds on the team he expects to win the game. The punter took odds of 20-1 on Irish horse Davids Lad for next month's race at Aintree. Origin Early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd ‘odd number or odd person’. noun..1 phr.
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