defy logic/the odds etcto not happen according to the principles you would expect 不合逻辑/出人意料等 a 16-week premature baby who defied the odds and survived 奇迹般活下来的早产16周的婴儿
defy logic/the odds etc• That Jaime Guerrero is alive to attend the dinner probably defies the odds.• In the event, the cyclist defied the odds and survived.
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