on the off-chance

CHANCE/BY CHANCEif you do something on the off-chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely 抱有一线希望

I just came to see you on the off-chance that Pippa might be here.

我来看你只是抱着一丝希望皮帕或许会在这儿。

Examples from the Corpus

on the off-chance• I called on the off-chance that Patty might be home.• There was no time to contact him, so I came on the off-chance.• I just came on the off-chance.• It was a long way to drive on the off-chance that something would come of it.• The card is too expensive on the off-chance I could get in an away game during the season.• I walked over to the wardrobe and opened the door just on the off-chance.• I rang Otto on the off-chance.

→ on the off-chance at off-chance(1)

单词	on the off-chance
释义	on the off-chance on the off-chance CHANCE/BY CHANCEif you do something on the off-chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely 抱有一线希望 I just came to see you on the off-chance that Pippa might be here. 我来看你只是抱着一丝希望皮帕或许会在这儿。 Examples from the Corpus on the off-chance• I called on the off-chance that Patty might be home.• There was no time to contact him, so I came on the off-chance.• I just came on the off-chance.• It was a long way to drive on the off-chance that something would come of it.• The card is too expensive on the off-chance I could get in an away game during the season.• I walked over to the wardrobe and opened the door just on the off-chance.• I rang Otto on the off-chance. → on the off-chance at off-chance(1)
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