the 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）
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with Nicer 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
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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。
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机会，可能性
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the odds are that he is no longer alive 可能他已经死了
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the odds against this ever happening are high .这种情况永远不会发生的可能性很大。
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优势平衡，势均力敌；（力量、权力或资源上的）优势
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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
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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。
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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 -
by all odds N. Amer. Certainly 〈北美〉 肯定 -
it makes no odds informal ,chiefly Brit. it does not matter〈非正式，主英〉 没有关系，无关紧要 -
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odds in the sense ‘difference in advantage or effect’．］lay （或give ）odds offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better （打赌时）让对方一筹 -
figurative be 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 -
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？［ORIGIN from an earlier sense of odds; compare withit makes no odds ．］
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the odds are against sb 某人可能性很小
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against all odds (尽管)困难重重
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put/find ... at odds with ... 使/发现...和...意见相左
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oddspl-n.赔率；机会；可能性；优势平衡；势均力敌；优势
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addsvt.增加，添加；补充说；计算…总和；（add的第三人称单数）
"early 16th cent.: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun
