Even if they chose to pick only four things to improve on at the same time, the odds of success are surprisingly low.
即便每次只改善四件事情，成功的几率还是低的惊人。
But the odds of moving on after a draw might be even better than 58% suggests, once you weed out teams that got a draw but never were likely to advance to begin with.
不过，要是剔除那些实现了平局但一开始就没什么希望晋级的球队，剩下的球队首战打平后还能出线的机率可能要高过58%。
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。
But let us end on an optimistic note, by happily taking long odds on medical breakthroughs: a vaccination against HIV; a cure for Parkinson's disease; even a cure for the common cold.
还是用一段乐观的旋律来结束这篇文章吧。医学上可能会有一些重大的突破：科学家可能研制出疫苗对抗hiv；或是找到治疗帕金森症的方法；甚至可能是治愈最普通的感冒的办法。
But the true sportsman keeps in a good humor even when he is losing, and shows the greater pluck the more the odds are against him.
但是真正的运动员即使在快要输的时候，也保持心情良好，并且胜算愈不利于他，他所表现的勇气也愈大。
The probability of such contagion is very small, but even these limited odds matter when the consequences are grave.
该国被卷入动荡的可能性非常低，但考虑到后果的严重性，即使概率很低也不应被忽视。
They found a 65% increased odds of mi associated with hypoglycemia within the previous two weeks, even after adjustment for potential confounding factors.
他们发现，即使在调整了各种潜在的混杂因素后，在低血糖事件发生后两周内MI的风险仍有65%的增加。
He refused to surrender even when the odds were against him in his engagements with the Hapan navy in the Hapes Cluster and the Alliance Fleet at Endor.
当在哈潘星团同哈潘海军以及在恩多同同盟舰队作战全无胜算的情况下，他依然拒绝投降。
No matter what the committee tries to discuss, even if it's only whether or not to paint the railings outside, Vera is always Shouting the odds about the rights of women.
不管委员会想讨论什么，即使只是讨论是否要油漆外面的栏杆，维拉也总是为争取妇女的权利而大声疾呼。
Since bond investors are turning their noses up even at offerings from thrifty Germany, the odds against Italy's being able to raise the money it needs early next year are uncomfortably short.
鉴于债券投资者们甚至对节俭的德国都不屑一顾，因此意大利在明年初筹集到必要资金的机会极其渺茫。
We can do far more than we think to improve our odds of preventing and surviving even the most horrendous of catastrophes.
甚至在最可怕的灾难面前，我们也可以比想象中做得更多，以提高我们预防和生存的概率。
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
当一件事情足够重要时，即便缺乏胜算，你也要去做。
He asked no odds even when he was bogged down in great difficulties.
即使是在特别困难的情况下，他也从未要求过特殊照顾。
The odds might be even higher now, but when I was in school, they told us that 1 in 75,000 players makes it to the pros.
这个几率现在要稍微高一些，但是当我在学校里的时候，他们告诉我说在75000个球员里面，只有一个能够成为职业球员。
The odds of a criminal using technical means to bypass a security system are so small that the FBI doesn't even track those statistics.
罪犯利用技术手段躲过安全系统的几率非常小，小到FBI 都不会追踪这些数据。
This means that the odds of the solution being interoperable (or even portable) drops dramatically.
这意味着，可以互操作(甚至可移植)的解决方案的可能性将显著下降。
I still believe that we are one people. I still believe that together, we can do great things, even when the odds are long. Applause.
我仍相信我们是一个民族，我仍相信，我们一起可以做伟大的事情，即便机会很渺茫。
Even Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think-tank co-ordinating many of these legal attacks, has admitted that this assault on Obamacare "faces very tough odds".
金水协会是保守智库，其成员克林特波立克协调过许多这样的法律诉讼，他甚至已经承认，对奥巴马医改法案的诉讼胜算很低。
So the odds of prolonged weakness in private spending are even greater.
因此私人消费力不足将很有可能延长一段时间。
But what our calculation revealed is that even if this probability is assumed to be extremely low, the odds that we are not the first technological civilization are actually high.
但是，我们的计算表明，就算这种可能性相当低，我们也很有可能不是宇宙中的第一个技术文明。
According to the company, the drone is equipped with a multi-rotor system with 8 propellors, giving better odds to safely land even if multiple systems fail.
根据该公司介绍，此无人机配有一个带有8个螺旋桨的多转子系统，即使多个系统失效，也可提供更优途径使其安全着陆。
I'm living proof that you can beat the odds of heart disease-even if it runs in your family. And you can do it without subsisting on bean sprouts and mineral water and running eight kilometres a day.
我是一个活的证明：即使你有心脏病的家族史，你也能够战胜患心脏病的厄运，而且你不必靠吃豆芽，喝矿泉水过日子，也不必每日跑上八公里。
They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it's at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
他们努力融入世界，尽管他们和世界其他地方有着不同的信仰和身份。
Even though you may be facing terrible odds and are running out of money, find a way to continue and don't abandon your dream.
即使你可能面对很糟糕的事情，甚至一无所有，也要寻找一条出路继续坚持你的梦想。
Even the epigraph to the Line of Beauty - a passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suggests a playfulness at odds with his ascetic reputation.
甚至是在《美丽曲线》中，来自《艾丽丝梦游仙境》中的一句题词，所体现出来的戏谑顽皮也与印象中的严肃刻板不相吻合。
And, as you may know, lack of shut-eye doesn't just leave you foggy the next day: Chronic, long-term insufficient sleep ups your odds of diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, even weight gain.
你可能也知道，睡眠不足不仅仅是让你第二天迷迷糊糊，长期的睡眠不足更可能让人患糖尿病，抑郁症，心血管疾病，甚至还会长胖。
And, as you may know, lack of shut-eye doesn't just leave you foggy the next day: Chronic, long-term insufficient sleep ups your odds of diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, even weight gain.
你可能也知道，睡眠不足不仅仅是让你第二天迷迷糊糊，长期的睡眠不足更可能让人患糖尿病，抑郁症，心血管疾病，甚至还会长胖。
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