I don't want to be at odds with my neighbors.
我不想與鄰居們有什么爭執。
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名詞odds很難找到直接對應的中文含義,大概相當于“可能的機會”“成敗的可能性”之類的含義。這個句子里“be at odds with sb.”是個固定的表達,意思是,與某人意見不一致、有爭執。英文對這個表達的解釋就是,be in disagreement,be in conflict。
例句:
The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds.
藝術家和自我批判(的品質)……除了少數令人欣喜的例外,總是沖突的。
He's always at odds with his father over politics.
在政治上他總和父親意見不一。
Bush is at odds with Davis over California energy crisis.
布什與戴維斯在加州能源危機的問題上意見相左。
海納百川,有容乃大;壁立千仞,無欲則剛。