odds-on

英 [ˌɒdz ˈɒn]

美 [ˌɑːdz ˈɑːn]

adj.  很可能发生(或取胜等)的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 很可能发生（或取胜等）的
  very likely to happen, win, etc.
  1. the odds-on favourite (= the person, horse, etc. that is most likely to succeed, to win a race, etc.)
     被看好会赢的人或马等
  2. It's odds-on that he'll be late.
     他多半要迟到。
  3. Arazi is odds-on to win the Kentucky Derby.
     阿拉兹十有八九会在肯塔基赛马会上获胜。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 大有可能发生的；大有希望的
  If there is anodds-onchance that something will happen, it is very likely that it will happen.
  1. Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest...
     杰拉尔德不再是有望赢得比赛的热门人选。
  2. It was odds-on that there was no killer.
     十之八九根本就没有凶手。

英英释义

adj

• having a better than even chance of success
  1. the odds-on favorite

双语例句

• Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest
  杰拉尔德不再是有望赢得比赛的热门人选。
• I felt odds-on in winning the case.
  我感觉非常有希望赢这个案子。
• John is the odds-on choice for class president, because he has good sense and good humour.
  约翰很有可能被选为班主席，因为他很有头脑，脾气又好。
• It's odds-on that gerry'll miss the meeting again.
  格里很可能又无法出席这次会议。
• The losers at St Mary's will be odds-on to be relegated with only two matches remaining after this basement clash.
  两支排名垫底的球队本轮将展开一场保级大战，输球的一方将几乎铁定降级。因为，在这之后联赛只剩下最后两轮。
• The South Americans look odds-on to qualify as group winners, but the race for second place is wide open, with Otto Rehhagel's side hoping to pip Korea Republic to the prize.
  南美人看起来更值得以小组头名出线，但第二名的位置还没有确定，奥托·雷哈格尔希望击败韩国获得出线名额。
• In order to improve odds-on, tennis servers should analyze opponent's information, adopting mixed serving tactics.
  在网球发球上要分析对手的情报资料，竞赛中要采用混合策略，频繁地交叉发球，以提高比赛的胜算。
• Pearson is odds-on to play against Manchester United on saturday.
  皮尔森星期六可能又要与曼联队比赛。
• I think you have fifty percent of odds-on to reach your destination.
  我认为，贵司在这个问题上有百分之五十的胜算。
• England are odds-on favourites to progress to the last sixteen knock-out stages of the tournament after avoiding some of the major contenders.
  避开了不少强队之后英格兰被认为绝对应该进入16强。