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。
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。
He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.
他认为该计划不太可能进行下去。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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 anti-rejection drugs can increase the odds of cancer recurrence.
抗排异的药物会增加癌症复发的可能性。
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。
I put the odds of using such systems in the next 40 years at perhaps one in five.
我认为在未来40年内有约五分之一的机会使用这种系统。
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。
Now what are the odds that no one present at that bench at that time has a birthday match?
那么，现在长椅上的人生日各不相同的概率是多少？
Despite the odds, organizations expect projects to be completed faster, cheaper, and better.
尽管困难重重，组织总期望着项目能完成得更好、更快、更省。
It can be tough to keep a healthy perspective when someone feels overwhelmed fighting the odds.
一个人面对微弱渺茫的成功机会，往往会感到不知所措，这种情况下要想保持健康的心态，确实很难。
A family has defied the odds to have a son, father and grandfather all born on the same day.
瞧这一家子！儿子，父亲，祖父居然在同一个日期出生！
The presence of Ebola-Reston virus on pig farms increases the odds of human exposure and infection.
伊波拉—赖斯顿病毒在猪农场的出现增加了人类接触和感染这种病毒的几率。
The presence of Ebola-Reston virus on pig farms increases the odds of human exposure and infection.
伊波拉—赖斯顿病毒在猪农场的出现增加了人类接触和感染这种病毒的几率。
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