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against (all) the odds/against all odds
idiom
C2
If you do or achieve something against (all) the odds/against all odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed: 尽管困难重重;在极为不利的情况下
Against all the odds, he recovered.他克服一切不利病况康复了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
inconceivably
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
spontaneously
unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled
unwitting
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