英语口语 | 用a long shot表达“可能性不大的事情，成功希望不大的尝试”

本文和大家分享的口语表达是：a long shot。这个口语表达的本意是打球时的“远投”“远射”，既然是远投远射，成功的机率就很小，这个口语表达的意思就是“可能性不大的事情，成功希望不大的尝试”，an attempt or a guess that is not likely to be successful but is worth trying。

• My favorite basketball team is in the final at the weekend. I hope they could win, but it's a long shot.
  我最喜欢的篮球队周末要打决赛了，我希望他们能赢，但是赢的几率不太大。
• I don't have a clue where he is, but as a long shot I'd say he's gone to see his girlfriend.
  我并不知道他在哪儿，但我猜他可能去见他女朋友了。

下面我们再来看几个和这个口语表达有关的例句：

• Just hang in there. Although it's a long shot, I got your back.
  坚持下去，尽管成功的几率不大，我也支持你。
• It's a long shot, but it just might work.
  没有什么把握，但也许行得通。
• The deal is a long shot, but you have nothing to lose.
  这个交易有些冒险，但你也没什么损失的。