查询词典 odd lots

The eighty-odd youngsters assembled there had escaped the jaws of death and, for that very reason, they were all the more spirited: they were fed and housed, and worldly pleasures weren't there to distract; there were no teachers (the truth is that most of the teachers simply weren't missed), but there were lots of books - pre-Han philosophy, The Book of Songs, the Bible, Shakespeare - an ideal environment in which to pursue one's university education.

论理，这儿聚集了八十多个死里逃生的年轻人，因为死里逃生，更是充满了生气：有的吃，有的住，没有外界的娱乐使他们分心；没有教授，（其实一般的教授们，没有也罢），可是有许多书，诸子百家，诗经，圣经，莎士比亚——正是大学教育的最理想的环境。

Still, after lots of interning and working odd jobs for months, he's landed nothing solid.

尽管如此，经历了许多实习和做了几个月的零活，他仍没能获得一个可靠的职位。

When sales do not follow the predicted pattern and Shoe Store inventory does not produce size options for most shoe buyers, the shoe store will usually liquidate the entire remaining inventory, now referred to as an "'odd lot" which is considered as undesireable and often sold to discount stores who sell off this poor selection at a big discount to customers with very big or very small feet.

但是，当之前预计的款式或者鞋店库存并不能合适于大多数的消费者时，鞋店通常将会清算整个剩余的库存，这就被成为'odd lots'，也就是被认为的不受欢迎的，经常在折扣店以较大折扣廉价销售的，不能给消费者太多款式、尺码选择的，尺码太大或太小的断码货。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。