1·But she should prepare herself for some long odds.
但是她必须做好心理准备，接受机会的渺茫。
2·It is long odds against his coming home this summer.
今年夏天他回家的可能性极小。
3·He was by long odds the most eligible young man in town.
他无论在哪一方面都是镇上最合格的年轻人。
4·But they know just how unlikely that is, so they're going to require very long odds.
但是他们知道，这是多么的不可能，所以他们就取非常长期的可能性。
5·Monday's rescue appears to have beaten the usually long odds in rescuing miners trapped underground.
成功营救受困于地下矿工的机会通常十分渺茫。
6·But all of these countries face long odds when it comes to matching western living standards in the forseeable future.
但说到是否能在可预见的未来赶上西方生活水平，这些国家的胜算都不大。
7·I was tempted to take the outright win at very long odds but I've opted for the "safer" bet here as there's still value in it.
我很想借此彻底赢得很长的可能性，但我已经选择了“安全”打赌这里还是有什么意义。
8·The forward has gone 294 minutes without scoring in Canada, something you would have got long odds on at the start of the tournament.
这名前锋在加拿大上场294分钟但是还没取得进球，似乎从这项锦标赛的开始就几乎不可能得到什么机会。
9·Crawford, who played at Kentucky, was the third-to-last pick in this year's draft and faced long odds simply by being selected that late.
克劳福德，曾经在肯塔基州打过球，是今年选秀大会倒数第三个被选中的球员并且在最后时刻搭上末班车的机会很小。
10·He knows what a revolution looks like, he knows the long odds against any revolution actually coming to fruition, and he knows when it's worth trying anyway, despite the long odds.
他知晓一场变革应该是怎样的，也预见到那些最初不利于变革的渺茫因素，到最后亦有可能成为现实，他知道什么是值得尝试的时机，即使成功机会的很小，依然要去做。