中国人常说,人生不如意之事“十之八九”,我们要学会平常心面对生活。“十之八九”,亦作“十有八九”,经常用作修饰的成分,字面意思是“nine times out of ten”,比喻绝大多数,有极大的可能性(very likely),与英文短语“ten to one”意思相同,表示“it is very likely that…; very probably”。
- 他们十有八九会输。
Ten to one they’ll lose. - 没有人确切地知道他们将如何处理这些销售问题,但十有八九是由员工来承担代价。
No one knows for sure how they’re going to deal with these sales issues, but ten to one it’s the employees who have to suffer the cost.