今年已经41岁的乌兹别克斯坦运动员奥克萨娜· 丘索维金娜第七次参加奥运会，请看本报周五的报道：

    When American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles was born in 1997, Oksana Chusovitina had already won five world medals and an Olympic gold.

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    A list like this could go on all day, because there might be no other athlete in history who has defied the odds, and Father Time, like the 41-year-old Chusovitina. She is in Rio for her unprecedented seventh Olympics.

    报道中的defy the odds就是“挑战不可能”，defy是“抗争”，odds是“胜算、可能性”。例如：

    Born a farmer’s son with no good looks, he dares to defy the odds to become successful in show biz.

    他是个农民的儿子，长得也不帅，可是他敢于挑战不可能，在娱乐圈取得了成功。