long-shot

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A funny thing has started happening to Paul since his long-shot presidential campaign ended quietly in the summer of 2008.
保罗在2008年决定参加总统竞选，这出乎很多人的意料，因为他注定没有胜算，事实上竞选活动在当年夏天就悄悄结束了。但是正因为这次竞选，一个有趣的，不同寻常的迹象发生了。
She'll have to either persuade donors to give her more money to sustain her long-shot bid or float herself another multimillion-dollar loan.
克林顿要么说服赞助商给她更多经费来维持长期选举要么再去贷款上千万。
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So gun-lovers will watch Mr Obama's nominee nervously, especially if he picks Harold Hongju Koh, a long-shot candidate who once gave a speech titled: “A world drowning in guns”.
因此，枪支爱好者将会神经兮兮地盯着奥巴马的候选人，特别如果是他选了当选希望很少的高洪柱。高洪柱发表以下言论：“世界将被枪支淹死。”

She believes that's partly the result of the slow finishes of long-shot Olympians like Boit.
"So it is not the worst impacted country in sub-Saharan Africa by a long shot."
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.

The company has been trying to develop a long-shot gold mine in Alaska for years.
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