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chance

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  • Conjugation : past  chanced ; pp  chanced ; ing  chancing
  • Derivatives : adj  chanceless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

chance [tʃɒːns]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] (likelihood, possibility) 可能性
  2. 2. noun [s] (opportunity) 机会
  3. 3. noun [u] (luck) 运气
    It all depends on chance.
    全靠运气。
  4. 4. vt. to chance it (risk) 碰碰运气
  5. 5. vt. [frm] to chance to do sth 碰巧做某事
  6. 6. adjective [+meeting, discovery] 偶然的
    he hasn't much chance of winning
    他赢的机会不大
    to stand a chance of (doing) sth
    有(做)某事的希望
    there is little chance of his coming
    他来的机会很小
    the chances are that...
    很可能...
    the chance to do sth
    做某事的机会
    She left before I had the chance to reply.
    她在我有机会回答前就离开了。
    to give sb the chance to do sth
    给某人做某事的机会
    it's the chance of a lifetime
    一生难得的机会
    to take a chance (on sth)
    冒险(做某事)
    by chance
    偶然
    by any chance
    有没有可能
    Are they by any chance related?
    他们是否有可能有联系？

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

chance [ʧæns] [ʧɑːns]
  1. 1. noun 机会，时机
    You'll have a chance to go.
    你将有机会去。
    He didn't have the chance to say goodbye.
    他没有机会告别。
  2. 2. noun 可能性；或然性
    There is little chance of success.
    很少有成功的可能。
    If you study hard you have a bigger chance to pass the class.
    如果你努力学习，通过这门课的可能性也会大些。
  3. 3. noun 偶然（性）；运气，幸运，侥幸
    leave things to chance
    听天由命，听其自然
    Poker is a game of chance; sometimes you win, sometimes not.
    扑克牌是一种投机游戏；你有时能赢，有时不能。
  4. 4. noun （无法预言的）偶发事件
  5. 5. noun 风险，冒险
    I better take a plane since I don't want to take any chances.
    我不想冒任何风险，所以还是坐飞机好些。
  6. 6. noun 彩票，奖券
  7. 7. noun [archaic] 不幸（的事），灾祸
  8. 8. noun [American English] [baseball] 守场员防守机会（包括传杀、助杀和失误）
  9. 9. adjective 偶然的，意外的，不期的
    a chance encounter
    偶然的遭遇
  10. 10. vi. [archaic] 偶然发生，碰巧
  11. 11. vi. [archaic] 有（好或坏的）运气（to）
    He chanced to win the contest this time.
    他在这次比赛中侥幸取胜。
  12. 12. vt. [verbal] 对（某事）听任命运；冒险于；碰碰运气看
    Let's chance it.
    让我们碰碰运气看。
    The plan could work, but we just can't afford to chance it.
    这计划也许会有用，但我们冒不起这个险。

Collins English-English Dictionary

chance [tʃɑːns]
  1. 1. n the unknown and unpredictable element that causes an event to result in a certain way rather than another, spoken of as a real force
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    a chance meeting
  3. 3. n fortune; luck; fate
  4. 4. n an opportunity or occasion
  5. 5. n a risk; gamble
    you take a chance with his driving
  6. 6. n the extent to which an event is likely to occur; probability
  7. 7. n an unpredicted event, esp a fortunate one
    that was quite a chance, finding him here
  8. 8. n [archaic] an unlucky event; mishap
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to risk; hazard
    I'll chance the worst happening
  10. 10. vt. to happen by chance; be the case by chance
    I chanced to catch sight of her as she passed
  11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French cheance, from cheoir to fall, occur, from Latin cadere
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Examples

We had our chance and blew it.
我们有过机会但错过了。 → blow
leave things to chance
听天由命，听其自然 → chance
You'll have a chance to go.
你将有机会去。 → chance
There is little chance of success.
很少有成功的可能。 → chance
a chance encounter
偶然的遭遇 → chance
Let's chance it.
让我们碰碰运气看。 → chance
given every chance to do the job
获得做这项工作的一切机会 → every
a faint chance
渺茫的机会 → faint
not a ghost of a chance
毫无机会 → ghost
to leap at a chance
抓住一个机会 → leap
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