long odds

常見例句

Given these long odds—even as Sariska’s new apex predator sniffs out its range—there are some who think the tiger’s survival too unlikely to waste time and money on.
考慮到這些發(fā)生概率很小的事情（甚至薩裡斯卡國家公園內(nèi)新的“至高無上”的肉食動物也在搜尋其活動範圍），有些人認爲老虎是不可能存活的，沒有必要將時間與金錢耗費在他們身上。
He knows what a revolution looks like, he knows the long odds against any revolution actually coming to fruition, and he knows when it's worth trying anyway, despite the long odds.
他知曉一場變革應該是怎樣的，也預見到那些最初不利於變革的渺茫因素，到最後亦有可能成爲現(xiàn)實，他知道什麼是值得嘗試的時機，即使成功機會的很小，依然要去做。
He was by long odds the most eligible young man in town.
他無論在哪一方麪都是鎮(zhèn)上最郃格的年輕人。

"In countries that are incubators of extremism like Yemen, or are ravaged by poverty and natural disasters like Haiti, the odds are long,".

Wambugu overcame long odds even to get the education she needed for this venture.
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This despite very long odds for the kids and parents seeking an athletic scholarship.
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But now that Coburn has declared defeat, the long odds against serious debt reduction have gotten longer.
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