- Odd这词我们多用于形容某人某事很奇怪。
比如,Her taste in clothing was rather odd. 她对服装的品味有点与众不同。
- 在数学中,odd可以表示奇数,3,5,7......
Odd number 就表示不能被2整除的数即 “not divisible by two” or "uneven"
为什么是"uneven"呢,因为跟odd number对应的是偶数even, 前面加了un表示否定,不是偶数,那就是奇数了。
- 接下来,odd还有occasional的意思, 或者not happening very often
She does the odd teaching job but nothing permanent.
她有时做些老师的工作,但是没什么永久性的工作。
- 接下来这个用法,中国同学们就不太常用了,反正我几乎没听中国人说过, 它表示
somewhat more than the indicated approximate quantity, extent, or degree
比如300多页, 可以说300-odd pages
看这句:
Steve looked younger than his fifty-odd years.
史蒂夫看起来要比他五十来岁的年龄更年轻些。
- 还有一种情况,odd表示一双一对一套里的一半/一部分。
(of something that should be in a pair or set) separated from its pair or set:
比如,He’s got a whole drawer full of odd socks.
你们是不是也有打开衣橱抽屉惊奇的发现,都是只有一只的袜子?
当odd加了"s" 意思就完全不一样了。 它作为名词表示可能性或概率。 还是看英语的释义吧:
the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen:
in gambling (= the activity of risking money guessing the result of something), a probability expressed as a number:
比如,What are the odds on Trump being re-elected?
特朗普有多大机率重新当选? 相当于说 do you think he will be re-elected?
比如,The odds against my horse winning are a hundred to one.
我押的这匹马获的概率只有百分之一。
比如, The odds against you winning such a competition are enormous.
against you winning 表示 you won't/can't win 也就是你输掉或者赢不了这场比赛/竞争的可能性极大。
用odds你能写出“史上十大以少胜多/以弱胜强的战争”吗?
10 of the remarkable battles from history won against overwhelming odds.
odds 这里表示 a difference(差距) favoring one of two opposed things
overwhelming表示压倒性的, 就是指从压倒性的劣势胜出。
你都能想到哪些史上的战争?
当odds前面加上一个preposition “at” 的时候,意思又变了。
表示, in conflict or in disagreement
比如, My wife and I are at odds over where to go after lunch.
我和我老婆对于午饭后去哪没有达到一致。
Her version of events was at odds with the police report.
她这一版对事件的描述与警察的报告大相径庭。 at odds= very different from
注意: at odds后面经常会与over或with 一起使用。
By all odds,
in every way : without question 毋庸置疑
比如, By all odds, Nathan give you the best explanation for the word "odd".
这一句是我最满意的例句,哈。 自己体会吧不解释了。
The End
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