Take, for example, the findings released in May of INTERPHONE, the largest and longest study ever conducted on whether — and by how much — cell phone use increases the odds of developing brain cancer.

以INTERPHONE研究五月份发表的结论为例子。 这是目前规模最大持续时间最长的研究，针对手机会不会增大使用者患脑癌的几率，且会在多大程度上影响。

To stack the odds in our favor we therefore need to take into account each one of the three methodologies and hopefully find them to be congruent, meaning that they all point in the same direction.

为了积累有利的可能性，我们需要把三种方法中的每一种方法都考虑在内，并期望发现它们是一致的，或者说它们都指向同一个方向。

So, the question is: Will you actively take steps to influence your results by increasing your odds for success, or will you simply leave it all to fate?

因此，问题在于：您是积极地采取步骤来通过提高成功概率以影响成果，还是简单地任凭命运的摆布？

The two companies have been at odds since Mark Hurd was forced out as HP’s boss last year, only to take a senior position at Oracle.

这两家公司自从Mark Hurd去年被赶下惠普的ceo宝座却在甲骨文取得高级职位后就开始不对盘。

If you take really good care of the lawn where you live, the odds go down that you'll have to deal with being attracted to alternatives.

如果你真的在用心呵护你所居住的草坪的话，那么即使你有可能要面对一些对你有吸引力的人，这种可能性也不会很大。