●ˌnine times out of ˈten ( ˌninety-nine ˌtimes out of a ˈhundred) almost always十有八九；大抵；几乎总是◆Nine times out of ten our opponents will beat us. We just hope this is the one in ten.十有八九我们都会被对手打败，只希望这次是例外。◆Ninety-nine times out of a hundred she’s right about people but this time she was wrong.她对别人的看法十有八九都正确，不过这次她错了。