第163句:
Results from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's study found that the odds of a child being obese increase about 14% for every' five extra years of their mother's age, though why this should be so is not entirely clear.
美國國家心肺血液研究所的調查結果發現,孕婦平均年齡每增加5歲,她們的孩子變胖的幾率就會上升14%。盡管還不完全清楚為何會出現這種現象。
六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干是Results...foundthat...。that引導的是found的賓語從句,該從句又包含一個though引導的讓步狀語從句。
odds意為“幾率,機會,可能性”。如:
What are the odds of passing the exam?
通過這個考試的可能性是多少?
entirely意為“全部地,完全地”。如:
What we are doing now is entirely pure research.
我們現在做的完全是純理論研究。
六級考點歸納:
與odds相關的短語還有:
over the odds意為“(尤指價格)超過正常的”。如:
You have to pay over the odds for jewellery.
你得為珠寶多付錢。
at odds意為“爭執;意見沖突”。如:
The couple soon fell at odds.
夫妻倆隨后就吵了起來。
by all odds意為“毫無疑問地”。如:
This is the coldest day by all odds.
毫無疑問,這是最冷的一天。