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Odds Sense 3261.Odds 英 ɒdz]美 ɑdz 释义 N

正面 3261.odds
英 [ɒdz]美 [ɑdz]

背面
释义:
n. 几率;胜算;不平等;差别
例句:
1. He sweeps up and does a few odds and ends.他扫完地,又干了几样杂活儿。

1. 正因为是奇数,所以才不平等、不对等,所以才会有几率、胜算的可能性存在,如果平分秋色的话,就没有几率、胜算可言了。
odds 赔率,机会,可能性来自odd,偶然发生的,此处形容词做名词,-s,复数后缀。原用于赌博赔率,引申词义机会,可能性。
odds (n.)in wagering sense, found first in Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV," 1597), probably from earlier sense of "amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another" (1540s), from odd (q.v.), though the sense evolution is uncertain. Until 19c. treated as a singular, though obviously a plural (compare news)."

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