odds

詳細解釋：

odds

pl.n.（複數名詞）
A certain number of points given beforehand to a weaker side in a contest to equalize the chances of all participants.See Synonyms at advantage
讓步：在比賽中事先給較弱一方一定數量的比分，以使所有參賽者獲勝機會均等參見 advantage

The ratio of the probability of an event`s occurring to the probability of its not occurring.
機率：事件發生的可能性與不發生的可能性的比率
The likelihood of the occurrence of one thing rather than the occurrence of another thing, as in a contest:
可能性：如在競賽中會發生這件事而不會發生那件事的可能性：
例句：
The odds are that she will get the nomination on the first ballot.
她在第一輪選票中獲得提名的可能性大

Games A ratio expressing the amount by which the stake of one bettor differs from that of an opposing bettor.
【遊戲】 賭注的比率：打賭者 * 的數量及其對手 * 數量的比率
An amount or a degree by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another:
勝敗優劣之別：一個事物超出或少於另一事物的數量或程度：
例句：
won the contest by considerable odds.
比賽中大贏了一把

<習慣用語>at odds
In disagreement; in conflict:
爭執：不同意；意見衝突：
例句：
.The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds.(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.(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：
例句：
By all odds it is the best film of the year.
毫無疑問地，它是那年最佳影片

來源：
Pl. of odd
odd的複數