| 单词 | chance¹ |
| 释义 | chance¹ /tʃæns; tʃɑːns/n 1. [c] a time or situation that you can use to do something that you want to do; opportunity 机会:◇have/get a chance visitors will have a chance to look round the factory. 游客会有机会参观工厂。◇give sb a chance (=let them do sth) 给某人一个机会［做某事］: if you'll just give me a chance, i'll tell you what happened. 如果你给我机会，我会告诉你发生了什么事。◇+ of that's our only chance of escape! 那是我们唯一的逃生机会！ 2. [u] when things happen without being planned 偶然，巧合:◇by chance we met by chance at a friend's party. 我们在朋友的聚会上偶然遇见。 3. [c,u] the possibility that something will happen or that someone will succeed 可能性:◇there's a chance (that) there's a chance that we won't go anyway. 我们可能哪儿也不去。◇have a chance (=be likely to succeed) 有可能成功: i don't have a chance of passing the test tomorrow. 我明天不可能通过考试。◇chances are spoken (=it is likely) 【口】 很可能: chances are they're stuck in traffic. 他们很可能遇上了塞车。◇sb's chances (=how likely someone is to succeed) 某人成功的可能性: what are rachel's chances of getting the job? 雷切尔得到那份工作的可能性有多大？ 4. take a chance to do something that involves a risk 冒险:◇i'm moving — i'm not taking any chances when the next earthquake hits. 我要搬家 — 下次地震时我可不想冒险。 5. by any chance spoken used in order to ask politely whether something is true 【口】 可能，或许［用于礼貌地询问某事是否真实］:◇are you ms sampson's daughter, by any chance? 你也许就是桑普森女士的女儿吧？ 6. no chance! spoken especially bre used to emphasize that something will definitely not happen 【口，尤英】不可能！［用于强调某事不会发生］:◇"perhaps dad will lend us the car." "no chance!" “也许爸爸会把车借给我们。”“不可能！”→ see also 另见 stand a chance (stand¹)usage note 用法说明: chance and 和 opportunityuse these words to talk about something you are able to do because of the situation you are in or because of luck. 当表示由于情况适宜或运气好而有机会做某事时，可以使用这些词:◇i had the opportunity to meet the leading actors. 我有机会与主要演员见面。◇he never had the chance to go to university. 他从没有机会上大学。chance can also mean a possibility. chance 也可表示一种可能性:◇there's a chance i'll see him at the party. 我有可能在晚会上见到他。 |
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