a long shot

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Heart disease may be a long shot in a patient, "but they don't want to take the chance of missing it," he said.
心脏病对于患者来说可能是很大的风险，“但他们不想放弃一试（任何可以避免的方法），”他说。
It's a long shot but worth exploring — and it's feasible only if Colonel Qaddafi and his friends believe that otherwise they are going down.
虽然机会很渺茫，但是值得探索，它的可行性在于如果卡扎菲和他的支持者相信除非如此否则他们将下台。
If all goes according to plan -- a long shot, to be sure -- in three to five years, Colony would like to develop a Thriller Casino with Mr. Jackson.
一切都要根据这个计划进行。这个计划当然会很长，大概要三到五年。
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"So it is not the worst impacted country in sub-Saharan Africa by a long shot."
Jack Kerouac described the image as a "long shot of night road arrowing forlorn into immensities."
Jockey Calvin Borel rode two of the three Triple Crown champions, but missed a personal Triple Crown at the Belmont.Aboard 50-1 long shot "Mine That Bird," Borel won the Kentucky Derby May second.

Plus, the beauty of a long shot winner is that the payouts are always better.
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