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chance AHD[chăns] D.J.[tʃæns]K.K.[tʃæns]n.（名词）- The unknown and unpredictable element in happenings that seems to have no assignable cause.偶然性：在似乎无因可查的事件中末知和不可预测的成分
- A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:机缘，侥幸：被认为引起不能预知或控制的事件的力量；运气：Chance will determine the outcome.机缘将决定结果
- Often chances The likelihood of something happening; possibility or probability: 常作 chances 或然率，机率：很有可能发生的情况；可能性或极可能性：Chances are good that you will win. Is there any chance of rain?极有可能你会赢。有可能下雨吗?
- An accidental or unpredictable event.偶然的事，意想不到的事
- A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:机遇，机会：有利的状况或环境；机会：a chance to escape.逃跑的机会
- A risk or hazard; a gamble:风险或危险；冒险：took a chance that the ice would hold me.甘冒冰层可以承受住我的危险
- Games A raffle or lottery ticket.【游戏】 奖券，彩票
- Baseball An opportunity to make a putout or an assist that counts as an error if unsuccessful.【棒球】 刺杀出局，夹杀：做一次传杀或助杀的机会，不成功则算误杀
adj.（形容词）- Caused by or ascribable to chance; unexpected, random, or casual:恰巧的，偶然的：由机缘引起的或归因于机缘的；没有预想到的，随意的，随便的：a chance encounter; a chance result.邂逅；不曾料想的结果
v.（动词）chanced, chanc.ing, chanc.es v.intr.（不及物动词）- To come about by chance; occur:偶然发生；出现：It chanced that the train was late that day.那天偶然火车晚点
v.tr.（及物动词）- To take the risk or hazard of:冒…险：not willing to chance it.不愿意去冒险
chance on 或 chance upon - To find or meet accidentally; happen upon:偶然找到，偶然遇到；偶然碰到：While in Paris we chanced on two old friends.在巴黎我们偶然碰到两位老朋友
by chance - Without plan; accidentally:意外地；偶然地：They met by chance on a plane.他们在飞机上不期而遇
- Possibly; perchance:或许；可能：Is he, by chance, her brother?他可能是她哥哥吗?
on the off chance - In the slight hope or possibility.万一发生：抱着微小的希望或可能性
- Middle English [unexpected event] 中古英语 [不曾预料的事件]
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Vulgar Latin *cadentia 源自 俗拉丁语 *cadentia
- from Latin cadēns cadent- [present participle of] cadere [to fall, befall] * see kad- 源自 拉丁语 cadēns cadent- cadere的现在分词 [滑落，发生] * 参见 kad-
chance, random, casual, haphazard, desultory- These adjectives apply to what is determined not by deliberation or method but by accident.这些形容词适用于不是由特意或方法而是由偶然性决定的情况。
- Chance stresses lack of premeditation: Chance 强调缺乏事先考虑： a chance meeting with a friend.与一位朋友邂逅。
- Random implies the absence of a specific pattern or objective and suggests a lack of direction that might or could profitably be imposed: Random 含指没有特定的模式或目的，并含有缺少原本能有益定向意思： struck by a random shot;被流弹击中；took a random guess.任意猜想。
- Casual stresses lack of deliberation and often suggests an absence of due concern: Casual 强调缺少考虑以及应有的关注： made a casual observation.做随随便便的观察。
- Haphazard implies a carelessness or a willful leaving to chance: Haphazard 含指粗心大意，乐意听任机缘： offered a haphazard plan of action.提供了一个随意的行动计划。
- Desultory suggests a shifting about from one thing to another that reflects a lack of method: Desultory 暗指从一件东西移到另一件，反映缺少方法： engaged in a desultory conversation. See also Synonyms at happen ,opportunity 进行一次不连贯的漫谈 参见同义词 happen,opportunity
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