A shot is an act of firing a gun. 开枪,射中,引申意义代表成功;
Five out of ten, 10分之五;
整句话的意思就是10次尝试,5次成功,50%的成功率/射中率。
例句:
He is practicing shooting today, first time to make five shots out of ten tries.
他今天在练习射击,第一次命中50%。
He tried to get a hug from strangers. Lucky to make five shots out of ten trires.
他尝试跟陌生人索取拥抱,还算幸运, 10个人有5个同意拥抱他。
make five shots out of ten tries
四次尝试五次命中
双语对照
例句:
1.
But in five out of the past ten years there have been no cycling deaths there.
但那里在过去十年中有5年已经没出现骑自行车人的死亡事故。
2.
I squeeze off maybe five, ten pot shots at the windows.
我扣动扳机对准窗户打了五到十枪。