You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.
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prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记:反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
近义:athwart, agin
n. 科学;技术,知识;学科;理科;
💡 sci知道+ence名词后缀 → 科学;学问
"a degree in computer science"
计算机科学学位
n. 希望,可能性;几率,胜算;掣肘的事情;逆境;
💡 这些不寻常的(odd)美元(s)给我们带来了发财的 可能性
"She spent the day sorting through a box full of odds and ends."
她花一天工夫整理装满小玩意儿的箱子。
近义:likelihood, likeliness, outlook, probability, chance, avail
反义:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness