despite the odds

1. And he deserves credit for keeping Britain's economy more than alive and kicking despite all the odds.

2. Despite the rest of world trying to club China and India together, the two remain at odds rather than agree on most issues.

3. Players lined up at retailers Friday for a chance to win despite the long odds.

4. Major parties have been at odds for years about the Kyoto Protocol despite increasingly dire warnings from climate scientists.

1. Currently there is a lack of palliative care provision for patients with end-stage COPD compared with lung cancer patients despite having twice the odds of being admitted to an intensive care unit, poor prognosis, intolerable dyspnea, greater disability and poor quality of life.
慢性阻性肺部疾病末期患者平均一因肺疾化要住院三到四次，比肺癌患者有倍的机会会被送到加护病房治，在生命的最后一常常比肺癌患者有多身体上或心、社会层面被照护的需求，但却常被排除在安缓和照顾之外。

2. Rather, it is the ability to think combined with the courage and determination to persevere despite the odds.
财富不单单只是人类思考能力的结果，它是思考能力与勇气和无论如何都坚持下去的决心相结合的结果。

3. 46 Alistair: He has survive despite the odds, and without him, none of us would be here!
Alistair：他战胜了无数困难活了下来，没有他，我们没有人能在这里！

4. Despite the odds against them, the Texans refused to give up.
尽管赔率对他们来说，得克萨斯州人不肯放弃。

5. That despite insurmountable odds the great Kinney can cross the finish line with one arm tied behind his back.
不可思议的伟大的Kinney能够在一只手绑在背后的情况下跨过终点线？

6. Despite the odds, distributors are rushing to make a deal.
尽管有很多反对已经，但是，这个电影还是卖的很好。

7. You risked your own life to save your fellow soldiers and defeat the enemy despite the impossible odds.
你冒着生命危险拯救了你的下属。尽管取胜的希望及其渺茫，你还是击败了敌人。

8. Despite facing overpowering odds the partisan froces remained unsubdued.
尽管面对着压倒性的优势，游击队仍旧不肯屈服。

9. Despite these potential advantages, sections of the Obama administration appear to be at odds with each other over the desirability of Generation IV reactors.
尽管有这些可能的优势，奥巴马政府部门对于第四代反应堆的有利条件似乎相互之间意见不一。

10. But despite the odds, we have survived, and even thrived.
尽管存在这种种不利因素，我们最终克服难关，并繁荣起来。

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11. Despite its non-committal language, however, the45-page report still paints a picture of a country whose military build-up appears worryingly at odds with its stated peaceful intentions.
这45页的报告虽然表述含糊其辞，但是仍旧呈现了一国的军事力量与其所陈述的和平共处的意向，表现出令人担忧的不一致。

12. despite the odds的翻译

12. Perhaps we were all much too cynical. Perhaps, somehow, despite the odds, Bobby and Bitsy had found something real. Apparently, Charlotte had a zsa zsa Jew.
也许是我们都太挑剔了。或许，尽管有些奇怪，但是巴比和贝西还是找到了一些真实的感觉。很显然，夏绿蒂对那个犹太人动了心。

13. Despite massive improvements in documentation over the past few years, odds are you will have to dig into the code at some point.
尽管过去几年中文档有了很大的改进，但是有时您也必须深入钻研代码。

14. despite the odds的解释

14. And, despite the " odds " out there, it IS possible to get HIV from only ONE episode of unprotected hetero sex.
而且，尽管概率很低，但是一次无保护的异性性行为是有可能导致感染的。