If someone does something very difficult, then they can say they did it against odds or they beat the odds.
如果某人做某事很难，他们可以说，他们克服难关。
He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.
他认为该计划不太可能进行下去。
Vivien Thomas, who had no formal medical training, in struggling against overwhelming odds, he became a cardiac surgeon and eventually to receive an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.
薇薇安·托马斯没有接受过正式的医学训练，但他努力抗击重重困难，成为了一名心脏外科医生，并最终获得了约翰·霍普金斯大学的荣誉博士学位。
Attack by scavengers and bacteria, chemical decay, and destruction by erosion and other geologic agencies make the odds against preservation very high.
食腐动物和细菌的攻击、化学性腐烂，以及侵蚀和其他地质作用的破坏，导致无法保存的可能性非常大。
I see young graduates struggling to find work today and persevering against all the odds.
我看到今日年轻的毕业生很辛苦地找工作，坚定的对抗所有的困难。
So, then, all those years ago, against all the odds, I took the thinnest of all possible thin chances, and devoted myself to a life in science fiction.
于是，许多许多年前，我不顾所有人的反对，抓住一丝丝最渺茫的机会，将自己的一生投入科幻小说的事业中。
In 1860 he nearly drowned in a sea of love after capturing Sicily against ferocious odds, marching his troops through Calabria and thereby ushering in the new nation of Italy.
在一九八零年为反对极度的不平等而远征两西西里，征服卡拉布里亚地区以及后来成为意大利的开国元勋，他（加里波第）几乎赢得了满满一海洋的爱戴。
After all, wasn't it the fearlessness of America's great pioneers-their willingness to stumble during their quest-that led them to succeed against all odds?
毕竟，难道他们不是美国最伟大的无惧的创业先锋——他们资源在他们探索的过程中栽跟头——因为无惧而使他能够对抗所有可能的问题？
And of course you have to believe, sometimes with little data, that you can succeed against the odds.
当然，你还得自信能够立厄运而获胜，即使有时只是根据对少数数据的预测。
But the odds are nevertheless against her: the punch of her victory speech, for example, was diminished by the fact that she had to include an appeal for money.
但是尽管这样局势还是对她不利：例如，她在获胜演讲中不得不呼吁人们为自己提供更多竞选资金，这一事实减弱了这次演讲的影响力。
You can think of those who struggle even harder than you do, against far greater odds, and with far less to work with than you do.
你也可以想一想另外一些人，他们奋斗得比你还要艰难，面临的不利条件要大得多，而且他们的同伴比你的少得多。
Smart politicians are always in short supply, however, and I think the odds against this effort are formidable.
但是聪明的政客往往缺乏支持，我认为，这个努力面临的困难是强大的。
Against all odds, people find it in themselves to rise up, stare down the guns and grasp freedom from their oppressors. It happened in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Yemen.
尽管困难重重，人民却感觉站起来了，怒目凝视下，枪炮败下阵来，人民从其压迫者那里获得了自由，在突尼斯，在埃及，在也门。
Against all odds, they both were trying to free their people from the shackles of the past.
不管成败如何，他们都试图把他们的人从过去的桎梏中解放出来。
It's hard for a man to stand and watch an old hound fight against such odds, especially if that man has memories in his heart like I had in mine.
对一个男人来说，要袖手旁观一只老猎犬这样以一敌众地战斗实在太难了，特别是如果这个男人像我一样曾有过一段珍藏心底的记忆。
The odds are against them, because the draft calls on Serbs and Kosovars to talk again for 120 days while the EU mission takes over.
现在的形势对俄不利，这项草案呼吁塞尔维亚人和科索沃人在欧盟接管时进行另一个为期120天的双边谈判。
Some years ago I knew a woman who taught me in her quiet way to never quit no matter how long seem the odds against healing.
许多年以前，我认识的一位女士用平静无声的方式教会我，不论治愈的希望多么遥不可及，也不要放弃。
He often knows that failure is a likely outcome. But when the odds of success are clearly against him, he still exudes confidence.
他知道，失败只是一个可能的结果，即使成功率明显不高，他仍然会散发出自信。
Myth and history are filled with stories of individuals who had struggled against all odds and obstacles and just kept after what they truly wanted until they reached their goals successfully.
不管是在神话故事还是在历史当中，到处可见这样的人物：他们追求自己的理想，努力和困阻抗争，不胜利达到目的，决不罢休。
A Premature baby that the High Court ruled should be left to die by hospital doctors has survived against the odds.
一名已经在去年被英国高等法院判定可以对其实施安乐死的早产婴儿，却奇迹般地活到了现在。
You know the odds of winning — millions to one against you. But he struck it rich — he won ten million dollars!
你是清楚中奖机会有多渺茫的，是好几百万分之一，但是他居然中奖得了一千万美元，转眼成了大富翁。
The job he has undertaken is difficult beyond imagination and the good he has accomplished against tall odds bodes well.
他工作上遇到的困难超乎我们的想象，而且他如此艰难取得的成功也是一个好兆头。
Once in a generation an athlete pits himself against such overwhelming odds that even the most jaded spectator finds himself cheering breathlessly.
每个年代都会有这么一次，某位运动员如此奋力地与强敌竞争以至于连最疲惫的观众都在为他喝彩助威。
Among the most grateful nations is my nation, the people of Israel, who have fought for their liberty and survival against impossible odds, in ancient and modern times alike.
在这些最感激的国家中有我的国家，以色列民族，而他们曾经为他们的自由而战，并克服难以置信的苦难生存下来，无论古代还是现代都遭际如此。
She won that fight against the odds. But last year she lost an attempt win a seat in parliament, in blatantly rigged elections.
她赢得了那场反对不平等待遇的斗争。去年她尝试获得议会的一个席位，但是失败了，而那次大选是有人公开非法操纵的。
I also have a feather from another species making a comeback against the odds, the peregrine falcon.
我还有一支游隼羽毛，这是另一个被挽救的生物种类。
The odds against all theseproperties simultaneously having precisely the one value necessary for thisuniverse are quite literally astronomical.
所有这些性质同时精确地取到适合这个宇宙存在的值的概率简直是一个天文数字。
The odds against all theseproperties simultaneously having precisely the one value necessary for thisuniverse are quite literally astronomical.
所有这些性质同时精确地取到适合这个宇宙存在的值的概率简直是一个天文数字。
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