you have to find your own groove, but chances are that you have to tell people what you think if you’ve got a small crowd bothering you all the time.

你要调整到自己的最佳状态，但是如果你身边总是有一小堆人在打扰你的话，那么你要把握好机会告诉他们你怎么想的。

chances are the accounting package already has a data structure, most likely a database.

记帐软件包可能已经具有一个数据结构（最有可能是数据库）。

so if you spot sugar higher up than other ingredients in a particular food, chances are it isn「t nutritious.

所以如果你发现一种食品的糖比其他成分更高地列在上面，极有可能它不是有营养的。

if you can provide your customers with a great product or a great service, chances are they’ll come back for more and tell their friends too.

如果你为顾客提供伟大的产品或者极好的服务，他们再回来的机会就更大并且会告诉他们的朋友。

chances are whoever you’re interviewing with got where he is by showing some moxie, and you should too.

不论面试官是谁，都是通过勇气和魄力走到今天这一步，你也应该这么做。

why you should skip it: when you know you can have only one plateful, chances are you will pile it sky-high.

为什么不可取：当你知道自己只能吃一盘食物时，你很有可能将盘子中的食物堆得很高。

but he wonders whether the unattractive guys eventually learn that their chances are slim regardless of what they see on screen.

但他不知道那些缺乏魅力的男人最终是否会明白，在现实中，他们的机会渺茫。

if your unix installation is mainstream and enjoys a large, popular following, chances are better that you」ll find the software prebuilt and ready to use.

如果您的unix安装是主流的，并受到大量拥护者的喜爱，那么您将更有可能找到预先构建的并且可供使用的软件。

chances are i wouldn’t replace anywhere near all the stuff i have now.

这是一次我不需要对目前我所有的东西进行替换的一个机会。

like the central bank with its inflation projections, the obr will stress not just the most likely path for the budget deficit but also what the chances are that it will be bigger or smaller.

像以降低通货膨胀为目标的中央银行一样，预算责任委员不仅仅是为预算赤字解决方案提供一个最可能的途径，也要担心这样的途径成功机会是更大或者更小。

if you treat your cat like your kid, chances are you「ve used his or her name as a password.

如果你爱你的猫像爱你的孩子一样，你的密码会有机会是她或他的名字。

if you」re in relationship, especially if you「re married, chances are you」ve had your fights over money.

如果你在一段关系中，特别是当你已经结婚，最有可能造成争吵的原因是金钱。

chances are that, eventually, something similar will happen this time around as well.

在这次灾难中，很有可能最终会发生类似的事件。

and most importantly, it will help you make steady progress – which is what second chances are all about.

最为重要的是，它让你不断的进步——这也就是所谓的第二次机会。

chances are that if you dropped all your friends because you were in love, they have dropped you too because you were not a reliable friend.

可能的情况是：如果你因为爱情放弃了所有的朋友，他们同样会因为你的不可靠而放弃你的。

if you「re pretty good at creating secure passwords, chances are you used a combination of of any of the above ideas in creating your now forgotten password.

在如果你在创建安全密码方面很不错，你可以有机会在你现在使用的密码是密码上设置，防止你忘记你的密码组合。

you could look for fireflies now and report your findings, but chances are slim that any will still be present at this time of year.

你现在也可以寻找荧火虫，报告你的发现。但在每年的这个时候还能看到它们机会是非常小的。

chances are good that you」d thrive in any number of them.

你如果能在其中一个发展好都是非常不错的机会。

the chances are you’ll start doodling.

这是你开始涂鸦的绝好机会。

chances are it「s bullshit because there」s been more shit written about the bible than any other topic in the world for the last 2000 years.

但通常这样的书都是瞎扯的,因为在过去2000年来，圣经是,这个世界上被瞎扯得最多的书，比其他任何书都要多。