a million to one
几乎不可能。
常用释义
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基本释义
- 百万分之一：表示某事发生的概率极低，几乎不可能。
例句
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1·The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning.遭雷击的可能性是微乎其微的。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·It was a million to one chance, but it had happened.这只有万分之一的可能性，但还是发生了。
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3·The chances of us getting out of here are a million to one.我们出去的机会是百万分之一。
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4·The odds of our soccer team winning the World Cup are about a million to one.由于队员经常患病，我们获胜的机会 微乎其微。
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5·Let me throw a mathematical dilemma at you - there's 500 left, well how come the odds of you winning are a million to one?让我给你找个数学方面的两难问题——只剩下500个，那你的胜率怎么会是百万分之一？
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6·Patrick Jane: Life is a million to one. The universe is one big coincidence. Cosmically improbable coincidences happen all the time. We just don't notice them all.简：生命就是百万中之一。整个宇宙就是个大巧合。每时每刻都有匪夷所思的巧合发生，只是我们没有注意到罢了。
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7·In the story, the Times revealed this juicy nugget: Faceboook M&A guy Vaughan Smith says that when Facebook is deciding what to pay for a startup "engineers are worth half a million to one million.在报道里，时报杂志透露了这个高回报的珍品：Faceboook的企业并购负责人沃恩·史密斯说，Facebook决定以50万到100万美元的价格来支付一位初创公司的工程师。
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8·While most disease-causing mutated are found in humans at a rate of one in a few thousand to one in a few million people, founder mutation can occur at much higher rates.虽然大多数致病突变在人类中发现的概率为千分之一到百万分之一，但基础突变发生的几率可能高得多。
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9·It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets.它已从一个单人经营的生意发展成资产近千万、业务额达数百万美元的公司。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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10·The main demand of the Indians is for the return of one-and-a-half-million acres of forest to their communities.印第安人的主要要求是把150万英亩的森林归还给他们的族群。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》