in a millioninformal a) the best of all possible people or things 百里挑一的 She’s a wife in a million. 她是百里挑一的好妻子。
He’s so generous. He’s one in a million. 他这么慷慨大方,真是无人能及。
b) used to show how unlikely something is 可能性非常小的 It was a chance in a million that we’d find a fossil. 我们找到化石的可能性微乎其微。
a chance in a million• In fact they were saved by a chance in a million.• It was a chance in a million, and if he did not grasp it, one of his competitors would.
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