| 词汇 | odds-on |
| 释义 | odds-onWord family adjectiveoddishodds-onoddnounoddityoddmentoddnessoddsoddballOddfellowoddsmanadverboddly ˌodds-ˈon adjectiveadj 1. odds-on favourite DGGDSHthe person, horse etc that is most likely to win a race or other competition 被看好的大热门，最有希望获胜的人[赛马等] Examples from the Corpus odds-on favourite• He was certainly odds-on favourite for the final. 2 British EnglishBrE informalHAPPEN very likely 很有可能的，十有八九的 it’s odds on (that) It’s odds on that she won’t come. 她多半不会来。 be odds-on to do something They must have felt they were odds-on to win. 他们肯定觉得自己胜算很大。 Examples from the Corpus odds-on• The media regarded Gorbachev as the odds-on favorite to dethrone the old champ.• Personally, I was excited at the prospect of participating in a real blood-and-guts battle against a prohibitive odds-on favorite.• Laing built the original centre 10 years ago and is odds-on to carry out the work if the scheme gets the nod.• But Schuey was in top form and the triple world beater always looked odds-on to score his fifth win on the trot. be odds-on to do something• Laing built the original centre 10 years ago and is odds-on to carry out the work if the scheme gets the nod.• Unsurprisingly, Rugby missed their putt, falling behind when they must have felt they were odds-on to go ahead. |
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