a long shot

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Heart disease may be a long shot in a patient, "but they don't want to take the chance of missing it," he said.
心臟病對于患者來說可能是很大的風險，“但他們不想放棄一試（任何可以避免的方法），”他說。
It's a long shot but worth exploring — and it's feasible only if Colonel Qaddafi and his friends believe that otherwise they are going down.
雖然機會很渺茫，但是值得探索，它的可行性在于如果卡扎菲和他的支持者相信除非如此否則他們將下臺。
If all goes according to plan -- a long shot, to be sure -- in three to five years, Colony would like to develop a Thriller Casino with Mr. Jackson.
一切都要根據(jù)這個計劃進行。這個計劃當然會很長，大概要三到五年。
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"So it is not the worst impacted country in sub-Saharan Africa by a long shot."
Jack Kerouac described the image as a "long shot of night road arrowing forlorn into immensities."
Jockey Calvin Borel rode two of the three Triple Crown champions, but missed a personal Triple Crown at the Belmont.Aboard 50-1 long shot "Mine That Bird," Borel won the Kentucky Derby May second.

Plus, the beauty of a long shot winner is that the payouts are always better.
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