long shot片语

希望渺茫的尝试、赌一把口语

Getting tickets this late is a long shot, but let's try.

这么晚才买票希望渺茫，但我们还是试试看。

瞎猜、大胆的猜测口语

This is a long shot, but were you at the conference last year?

我瞎猜一下，你去年是不是参加过那场会议？

不被看好的人选、冷门

She was a long shot for the promotion and still got it.

大家都不看好她升职，结果她还是升上去了。

远远不及、差得远用于否定句，常作 not by a long shot

The project isn't finished, not by a long shot.

这个项目还没完成，差得远呢。

远景、远景镜头影视

The film opens with a long shot of the empty desert.

影片以一个空旷沙漠的远景镜头开场。

冷门、胜算极小者多用于赛马、比赛

The longshot won the final race and paid out handsomely.

这匹冷门马赢了最后一场，赔率相当可观。