单词 | to shorten the odds to lengthen the odds |
释义 | to shorten the odds to lengthen the odds or to lengthen the odds phrase See full dictionary entry for oddsTo shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the odds shorten or lengthen. His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader. |
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