Saturday, October 01, 2005

关于Against All Odds

against all odds

adv. In spite of seeming very unlikely 不管是不是表面上看起来不可能,出乎意料地,不可思议地

Against all odds we had a snowstorm in early May
Against all odds the slower team won.

This transfer of a betting term to general usage occurred about 1900.这个短语出现于1900年左右。原来是打赌时的一种用语,表示不计成败(放手一搏)。

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