163. Results from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's study found that the odds of a child being obese increase about 14% for every five extra years of their mother's age, though why this should be so is not entirely clear.
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美国国家心肺血液研究所的调查结果发现,孕妇平均年龄每增加5岁,她们的孩子变胖的几率就会上升14%。尽管还不完全清楚为何会出现这种现象。
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本句的主干是Results...found that...。that引导的是found的宾语从句,该从句又包含一个though引导的让步状语从句。
odds意为“几率,机会,可能性”。如:
What are the odds of passing the exam? 通过这个考试的可能性是多少?
entirely意为“全部地,完全地”。如:
What we are doing now is entirely pure research. 我们现在做的完全是纯理论研究。
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与odds相关的短语还有:

over the odds意为“(尤指价格)超过正常的”。如:
You have to pay over the odds for jewellery. 你得为珠宝多付钱。

at odds意为“争执;意见冲突”。如:
The couple soon fell at odds. 夫妻俩随后就吵了起来。

by all odds意为“毫无疑问地”。如:
This is the coldest day by all odds. 毫无疑问,这是最冷的一天。