It can sometimes feel like the odds are stacked against you, that it isn't worth it, that the critics are too persistent and the problems are too great.

有时候你会觉得胜算完全不站在你这一边，你会为所做的一切感到不值得，批评的声音太喧嚣，问题太过顽固。

Most individual stocks actually do worse than the overall stock market, which means that if you're actively trying to pick stocks, the odds are stacked against you from the beginning.

实际上，大多数个股的表现都比整体股市差，这意味着如果您积极尝试挑选股票，那么从一开始就不太可能。