| 词汇 | off-chance |
| 释义 | off chance noun informaluk /ˈɒf ˌtʃɑːns/ us /ˈɑːf ˌtʃæns/ on the off chance hoping that something may be possible, although it is not likely: 抱着一线希望;侥幸一试，碰运气 I applied for the job on the off chance that they might like me, but I didn't seriously expect to get it.我怀着一线希望申请了这份工作，不过我没真的指望能得到它。 Possible and probable add credence to something always anything's possibleidiom arguably as never beforeidiom bet fair happen houseroom I shouldn't wonderidiom in with a chance it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom manage probabilistically probability probable probably prospective tend tip Examples of off chanceoff chance It is difficult to leave intensive care beds open on the offchance that a flu epidemic may occur. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local communities will find it unacceptable to reserve the whole estate merely on the offchance that there will be a military requirement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the troubles with our general legislation on taxation is that we hit everybody in sight, on the offchance of hitting someone who deserves to be hit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need at all to require officers to duplicate their pocket book entries at the time, just on the offchance that they might subsequently be wanted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He retrieved a sample of mouse brain infected with polio virus and added it to the remaining test tubes, on the offchance that the virus might grow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These men have to go to the docks every morning and dinner-time, and sometimes at 5 o'clock in the evening on the offchance of getting half-a-day's work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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