odds

確率、見込み

あることがどれくらい起こりそうかという見込み。

やさしい英語で： How likely something is to happen.

• The odds are good.
• She survived against all the odds.
• What are the odds of meeting him here?

使い方： odds of doing something (What are the odds of finding a taxi here?); odds are that… (The odds are that we will arrive late.)

類義語： chances, likelihood, probability

よく使う表現： against the odds, improve the odds, odds of success

オッズ、配当率

賭けた金額に対して、どれだけの賞金を得られるかを示す数値。

やさしい英語で： Numbers showing how much money you can win compared with the amount you bet.

• Check the odds before betting.
• They offered better odds on the second horse.
• He won at odds of twenty to one.

使い方： odds of X to Y (The bookmaker offered odds of five to one.); at odds of X to Y (She backed the horse at odds of ten to one.)

類義語： betting prices

よく使う表現： betting odds, short odds, long odds

ハンデ、駒落ち

実力差を埋めるため、弱い側のプレイヤーに与える有利な条件。

やさしい英語で： An advantage given to a weaker player to make a game more equal.

• She gave me rook odds.
• Even with knight odds, I lost the game.
• They agreed on pawn odds before starting.

使い方： give someone odds (The stronger player gave me odds by removing a rook.)

類義語： handicap, advantage

よく使う表現： knight odds, rook odds, give odds