chance是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an occasion that allows something to be done -- 机遇；机会；时机

  • I didn't get/have a chance to speak to her. 我没有机会跟她说话。

  • [ + to infinitive ] If you give me a chance to speak, I'll explain. 要是你给我个说话的机会，我会解释的。

  • Society has to give prisoners a second chance when they come out of jail. 犯人出狱后社会必须再给他们一次机会。

  • He left and I missed my chance to say goodbye to him. 他走了，我失去了跟他道别的机会。

  • I'd go now given half a chance (= if I had the slightest opportunity). 要有丁点儿机会我现在就会走。

• 1 the level of possibility that something will happen -- 可能性

  • You'd have a better chance/more chance of passing your exams if you worked a bit harder. 你要是再用功一点，通过考试的可能性会大一些。

  • [ + (that) ] There's a good chance (that) I'll have this essay finished by tomorrow. 到明天我很可能会写完这篇文章。

  • There's a slim/slight chance (that) I might have to go to Manchester next week. 下周我也许得去曼彻斯特，不过可能性不大。

  • If we hurry, there's still an outside (= very small) chance of catching the plane. 要是我们抓紧，没准还能赶上飞机。

  • "Is there any chance of speaking to him?" "Not a/No chance, I'm afraid." “有可能跟他说话吗?”“恐怕一点都没有。”

  • I don't think I stand/have a chance of winning. 我觉得自己没有赢的可能性。

  • UK John thinks they're in with a chance (= they have a possibility of doing or getting what they want). 约翰认为他们有机会。

  • Her resignation has improved my chances of promotion. 她的辞职增加了我晋升的可能性。

  • What are her chances of survival? 她幸存的机会有多大？

  • [ + that ] What are the chances that they'll win? 他们赢的可能性有多大？

• 2 a possibility that something negative will happen -- （不好的事情发生的）危险，风险

  • I'm delivering my work by hand - I'm not taking any chances. 我要亲手递送自己的作品——我可不想有任何闪失。

  • There's a chance of injury in almost any sport. 几乎任何体育运动都有受伤的危险。

• 3 the force that causes things to happen without any known cause or reason for doing so -- 偶然，碰巧；巧合

  • Roulette is a game of chance. 轮盘赌是碰运气的游戏。

  • I got this job completely by chance. 我得到这份工作完全是偶然。

  • [ + (that) ] It was pure/sheer chance (that) we met. 我们的相遇纯属巧合。

  • We must double-check everything and leave nothing to chance. 我们必须把每件事都复核一遍，绝不能心存侥幸。

  • Are you Hungarian, by any chance? 你或许是匈牙利人？

  • Could you lend me a couple of pounds, by any chance? 你能不能借我几英镑？

  • You wouldn't, by any chance, have a calculator on you, would you? 你或许没带计算器吧，是不是？

• 4 to risk something -- 冒险

  • You'd be a fool to chance your life savings on a single investment. 你要是把一辈子的积蓄都放到一项投资上就是个傻瓜。

• 5 to happen or do something by chance -- 偶然发生；碰巧

  • [ + to infinitive ] They chanced to be in the restaurant when I arrived. 我到的时候他们正好在餐馆里。

  • I chanced on/upon (= found unexpectedly) some old love letters in a drawer. 我偶然在抽屉里发现了一些旧情书。

  • Ten years after leaving school, we chanced on/upon (= unexpectedly met) each other in Regent Street. 毕业10年后，我们在摄政街偶遇。