WASP-17 likely had a close encounter with a larger planet, and the gravitational interaction acted like a slingshot to put WASP-17 on its odd course, the astronomers figure.

天文学家们估计，WAPS - 17行星有可能和一颗较大的卫星又一次近距离接触，引力相互作用就好像弹弓，将WASP - 17放入奇怪的轨迹。

youdao

Which seems odd, given that only months earlier, former Sun editor Rebekah Wade, a graduate of a similar management course, was appointed chief executive of News International.

这似乎有点奇怪，因为仅几个月前，一个类似管理课程毕业生、前《太阳报》主编丽贝卡·韦德，被任命为新闻国际集团的首席执行官。

youdao

The best protected are, of course, the 60-odd billionaires and almost-billionaires, who are even shielded from the justice system.

当然，最好的护身符是成为总数大约60名的亿万富翁(或接近亿万富翁)中的一员。这些人甚至可以免受来自司法系统的审判。

youdao

In retrospect it seems odd and, of course, tragic that in those days, just after World War II, while much of the rest of the world was at least tentatively coming to grips with the embarrassing inequities of racism and colonialism, the Afrikaners were moving their country headlong in the opposite direction.

NPR: One Boy's Heroism in the Face of AIDS

And what did the company see in a property portfolio that includes scores of apartments, a golf course and the odd castle?

ECONOMIST: A man for all seasons . . .

Of course, it does seem a little odd to create a tax bracket solely for a group of people who could fit onto the love boat (with plenty of room left over for a few of the hoi polloi).

FORBES: Another Absurdity Of The Fiscal Cliff Deal: A Tiny Tax Bracket Covering 500 People