3分鐘學(xué)英語(yǔ) [464]:外國(guó)人口中的Odd man out原來(lái)是指這樣的人

Odds [ɑ?dz]

幾率

What are the odds?
幾率好小啊!

1)Odds are against someone
條件不太好，情況不樂(lè)觀

The odds are against me, but I want to play in the tournament and try my best.
情況不樂(lè)觀，但是我還是想?yún)⒓颖荣?，盡我全力。

2)Odds are not in their favor
條件不配合，情況不樂(lè)觀

Happy Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your favor.
饑餓游戲快樂(lè)，希望好運(yùn)永遠(yuǎn)在你這邊。

3)Beat/overcome the odds
盡管情況不利，但還是取得了成功

You beat the odds.
盡管情況不利，但你還是取得了成功。

The odds are in my favor, the odds are against you.
幾率對(duì)我有利，對(duì)你不利。

She beat the odds and got into medical school despite having bad test scores.
盡管考試分?jǐn)?shù)不高，她還是克服了不利，進(jìn)入了醫(yī)學(xué)院。

 

 

4)Odds and ends
瑣碎的東西、其余的、無(wú)法歸類的東西

I finally moved everything out of my old apartment expect a few odds and ends.
我終于把東西都搬出了舊公寓，除了一些雜七雜八的東西。

Odd [ɑ?d]
奇怪的

What he said was a bit odd. It really made me uncomfortable.
他說(shuō)的話有點(diǎn)奇怪，讓我感覺(jué)不舒服。

Odd man out
奇怪的人，不合群的人

I'm always the odd man out when it comes to sports. Nobody ever chooses me to be on their team.
在體育方面我總是那個(gè)落單的人。從來(lái)沒(méi)人選我加入他們的隊(duì)伍。

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