Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion: You can't engineer innovation, but you can increase the odds of it occurring.
有关创新的研究得出了同样的结论：你不能设计创新，但你可以增加它产生的机率。
The risk of heart disease increased 15% over a decade, and the odds of dying prematurely climbed 13% during a seven-year follow-up.
患心脏病的风险在10年内增加了15%，在随后7年的跟进调查中，早夭的几率攀升了13%。
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。
He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.
他认为该计划不太可能进行下去。
Many collectors are willing to pay over the odds for early examples of his work.
许多收藏家都肯出高价买他早期的作品。
The troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.
该部队只会在完全可能取胜的情况下进行一场地面战斗。
Of the five companies bidding for the contract, Wall Street analysts have made Lockheed the odds-on favourite.
在投标的五个公司里，华尔街分析师认为罗克希德最有可能中标。
At least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.
她说，但至少他们可以最大限度地提高成功率。
The next time you consider eating fallen food, the odds are in your favor that you can eat it without getting sick.
下次当你考虑吃掉在地上的食物时，很有可能吃了也不会生病。
So the next time you consider eating fallen food, the odds are in your favor that you can eat it without getting sick.
所以下次你考虑吃掉落的食物时，很有可能你吃了也不会生病。
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。
The odds of a long, nasty recession are growing.
长期、严峻的经济萧条出现的概率日益增加。
The odds are always against him when he plays CARDS.
他打牌的事情运气总是不好。
He overcomes the odds and defeats the unscrupulous enemy.
他克服了重重困难，最终战胜了疯狂的敌人。
That makes it likelier that people will pay over the odds.
这使得人们更有可能付出过高的价格。
You believe the economy has tilted the odds in your favor.
你相信当前的经济形势对你有利。
Instead, we do these 400 runs and look at the spread of the odds.
相反，我们做这400次运行来看可能性的分布。
The crowd rummaged in their programmes to remember the odds: 50 to 1.
人们在程序中搜索出并牢牢记住它的赔率：1赔50.
But by doing this, they can improve the odds of achieving their goals.
但是这样做会使他们更可能实现自己的目标。
Sleep deprivation decreases the odds of shedding blubber and keeping it off.
剥夺睡眠会减少脂肪脱落的机率甚至完全丧失脂肪脱落的能力。
Even small increases in activity improved the odds of staving off the disease.
即使是小量增加活动也能改善削减癌症的机会。
The odds of having both diseases are thought to be about one in a billion.
这种病症发生的几率被认为是在十亿分之一左右。
A newspaper columnist observed, "the odds that the investigation will be successful."
一位报纸专栏作家评论道，“调查成功的几率……微乎其微。”
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。
Bond markets have calmed; the odds of a cascading series of defaults have diminished.
债券市场平静了下来。司空见惯的违约现象也减少了。
So the odds are that Italy is heading for a fresh election under the existing system.
所以意大利很有可能在现行的制度下进行重新选举。
So the odds are that Italy is heading for a fresh election under the existing system.
所以意大利很有可能在现行的制度下进行重新选举。
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