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chance/tʃɑ:ns/ n., adj. & v.●n. 1a a possibility 可能性 just a chance we will catch the train 我们有可能赶上火车 b (often in pl. 常作复数) probability 或然性，很可能发生的情况 the chances are against it 形势对它不利 2 a risk 冒险 have to take a chance 只得冒险 3a an accidental occurrence 偶然的事 just a chance that they met 他们相遇纯属偶然 b the absence of design or discoverable cause 意想不到的事，无缘无故的事 here merely because of chance 只不过是碰巧来到了这里 4 an opportunity 机会，机遇 didn't have a chance to speak to him 没有机会和他交谈 5 the way things happen; fortune; luck 运气；幸运 we'll just leave it to chance 我们还是听天由命吧 6 (often 常作 Chance) the course of events regarded as a power; fate 机缘；命运 blind Chance rules the universe 机缘主宰宇宙 ●adj. fortuitous, accidental 偶然的，碰巧的 a chance meeting 邂逅 ●v. 1 tr. colloq. risk [口]冒险 we'll chance it and go 我们将冒险去那里 2 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 that + clause, or 或 to + infin.) happen without intention 偶然发生，碰巧发生 it chanced that I found it 我碰巧找到了它; I chanced to find it 我碰巧找到了它 □ by any chance as it happens; perhaps 万一，或许 □ by chance without design; unintentionally 偶然，意外地，非有意地 □ chance one's arm Brit. colloq. make an attempt though unlikely to succeed [英口]冒险一试 □ chance on (or upon) happen to find, meet, etc. 偶然发现，碰巧遇到 □ on the chance (often foll. by 常后跟 of, or that + clause) in view of the possibility 怀着…的希望 □ stand a chance (usu. with neg. or interrog. 通常与否定或疑问词连用) have a prospect of success etc. 大有(成功)的希望，很有(成功)的可能 □ take a chance (or chances) behave riskily; risk failure 冒险，投机；冒失败的危险 □ take a (or one's) chance on (or with) consent to take the consequences of; trust to luck 碰运气，听天由命 [Middle English from Anglo-French ch(e)aunce, Old French chëance, chëoir ‘fall’, ultimately from Latin cadere] |