long odds

常见例句

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.
考虑到这些发生概率很小的事情（甚至萨里斯卡国家公园内新的“至高无上”的肉食动物也在搜寻其活动范围），有些人认为老虎是不可能存活的，没有必要将时间与金钱耗费在他们身上。
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.
他知晓一场变革应该是怎样的，也预见到那些最初不利于变革的渺茫因素，到最后亦有可能成为现实，他知道什么是值得尝试的时机，即使成功机会的很小，依然要去做。
He was by long odds the most eligible young man in town.
他无论在哪一方面都是镇上最合格的年轻人。

"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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