odds-on (also odds on)

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  ADJ If there is an odds-on chance that something will happen, it is very likely that it will happen. 很可能发生的 [非正式]

  例：

  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。

  例：

  It was odds-on that there was no killer.

  很可能根本就没有凶手。