1. odds and ends : 零星东西；
2. shout the odds : 说大话；
3. give odds : 提出让步；
4. lay odds : 让对方一等；
5. long odds : n. 极为偶然的机会；
6. at odds : 不一致；
7. make odds even : 拉平, 使平等；
8. short odds : 几乎相等的机会；
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1. 机会；可能性；几率
You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen.
2. （赌博中的）赔率
In betting, odds are expressions with numbers such as '10 to 1' and '7 to 2' that show how likely something is thought to be, for example how likely a particular horse is to lose or win a race.
3. （与…）不和；（与…）有矛盾；（与…）意见不一致
If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
4. （成功）可能性小，希望渺茫
If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
5. 尽管面临重重困难;虽然可能性极小
If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
6. （某人）很可能取得成功
If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
7. 使更有希望/使不大可能；机会增加/机会减少
To shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the odds shorten or lengthen .
1. the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
2. the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
e.g. he offered odds of two to one
Synonym: betting odds