odds
英 [?dz]
美[ɑdz]
- n. 幾率；勝算；不平等；差別
詞組搭配
it makes no odds
(informal, chiefly Brit.)it does not matter
(非正式，主英)沒有關系，無關緊要
lay (或 give) odds
offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better
（打賭時）讓對方一籌
over the odds
(Brit.)above what is generally considered acceptable, especially for a price
(英)（尤指價格）超過正常的
you could be paying over the odds for perfume.
你有可能為香水多付錢。
take odds
offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better
占優勢
what's the odds?
(informal)what does it matter?
(非正式)那有什么關系?
at odds
In disagreement; in conflict
爭執：不同意；意見沖突
“The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds”(&b{Joyce Carol Oates})
“藝術家和自我批評…，除了一些幸運的例外，永遠爭執不下”(&b{喬伊絲·卡羅爾·奧茨})
by all odds
In every possible way; unquestionably
毫無疑問地：在每個可能的方法上；毫無疑問地
By all odds it is the best film of the year.
毫無疑問地，它是那年最佳影片