学个词Learn a Word 第845期 Odds

今天我们要学的词是odds¹。 Odds, 可能性。"The odds are good," 可能性很大。"The odds are in our favor," 我们获胜的机会更大。"If you are in your 30s, odds are you have not seriously considered your retirement² planning," 如果你只有三十几岁的话，你可能还没有认真考虑自己的退休计划。"Our odds of winning are very poor against the championship team," 跟这个冠军队比赛，我们获胜的可能性很小。
美国一家汽车保险公司的研究发现，"The odds for motorists to hit a deer in West Virginia is 1 in 39," 在西维吉尼亚开车，39个司机里就有一个司机会撞到鹿。好的，今天我们学习的词是odds...

 

1 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

2 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。