the forward has gone 294 minutes without scoring in canada, something you would have got long odds on at the start of the tournament.

这名前锋在加拿大上场294分钟但是还没取得进球，似乎从这项锦标赛的开始就几乎不可能得到什么机会。

i let her take comfort in the long odds against me. the republican incumbent, peter fitzgerald, had spent $19 million of his personal wealth to unseat the previous senator, carol moseley braun.

我让她放心，我不会介意，因为获胜的机会渺茫，共和党在职的国家参议员彼得.菲茨杰拉德（peterfitzgerald）花费了1900万美元个人财产才把前任参议员卡罗.摩斯里.布朗（carolmoseleybraun）挤下位来。

but let us end on an optimistic note, by happily taking long odds on medical breakthroughs: a vaccination against hiv; a cure for parkinson’s disease; even a cure for the common cold.

还是用一段乐观的旋律来结束这篇文章吧。医学上可能会有一些重大的突破：科学家可能研制出疫苗对抗hiv；或是找到治疗帕金森癥的方法；甚至可能是治愈最普通的感冒的办法。

we have put in a bid for a government contract, but there are long odds on our getting it.

我们已投标，以求与政府签订合同，但成功的可能性极小。

he knows what a revolution looks like, he knows the long odds against any revolution actually coming to fruition, and he knows when it「s worth trying anyway, despite the long odds.

他知晓一场变革应该是怎样的，也预见到那些最初不利于变革的渺茫因素，到最后亦有可能成为现实，他知道什么是值得尝试的时机，即使成功机会的很小，依然要去做。

it is long odds against his coming home this summer.

今年夏天他回家的可能性极小。

monday」s rescue appears to have beaten the usually long odds in rescuing miners trapped underground.

成功营救受困于地下矿工的机会通常十分渺茫。

he was by long odds the most eligible young man in town.

他无论在哪一方面都是镇上最合格的年轻人。

crawford, who played at kentucky, was the third-to-last pick in this year「s draft and faced long odds simply by being selected that late.

克劳福德，曾经在肯塔基州打过球，是今年选秀大会倒数第三个被选中的球员并且在最后时刻搭上末班车的机会很小。

i was tempted to take the outright win at very long odds but i」ve opted for the 「safer」 bet here as there's still value in it.

我很想借此彻底赢得很长的可能性，但我已经选择了「安全」打赌这里还是有什么意义。