英汉词典

chance 基本解释

• n. 机会，际遇；运气，侥幸；可能性
• vt. 偶然发生；冒……的险
• vi. 碰巧；偶然被发现
• n. (Chance)人名；(英)钱斯

chance 词态变化

chance 中文词源

来自拉丁词cadens, 掉落，词源同case, accident. 即偶发事件。

chance 英文词源

chance

chance: [13] Like the related case, chance originally meant ‘that which befalls (by accident, also a relative)’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, a descendant of Latin cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence and cadenza). This passed into Old French as cheoir, whose noun derivatives included cheoite (source of English chute) and cheance, acquired by English via Anglo-Norman chaunce.
=> accident, cadence, case, chute

chance (v.)

late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.

chance (n.)

c. 1300, "something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence" (good or bad, but more often bad), from Old French cheance "accident, chance, fortune, luck, situation, the falling of dice" (12c., Modern French chance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia "that which falls out," a term used in dice, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)).

In English frequently in plural, chances. The word's notions of "opportunity" and "randomness" are as old as the record of it in English and now all but crowd out the word's original notion of "mere occurrence." Main chance "thing of most importance" is from 1570s, bearing the older sense. The mathematical (and hence odds-making) sense is attested from 1778. To stand a chance (or not) is from 1796.

To take (one's) chances "accept what happens" (early 14c.) is from the old, neutral sense; to take a chance/take chances is originally (by 1814) "participate in a raffle or lottery or game;" extended sense of "take a risk" is by 1826.

chance 词组搭配

chance 英文释义

1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances;

"the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"

"now is your chance"

2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;

"bad luck caused his downfall"

"we ran into each other by pure chance"

3. a risk involving danger;

"you take a chance when you let her drive"

4. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur;

"what is the probability of rain?"

"we have a good chance of winning"

chance 同义词解析

chance, opportunity, occasion

这些名词均含"机会"之意。

chance： 侧重指偶然或意外的机会，有时也指正常或好的机会。

opportunity： 侧重指有利或适合于采取行动，以达到某一目的或实现某种愿望的最佳时机或机会。

occasion： 指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。

happen, occur, chance, take place

这些词语都可表示"发生"之意。

happen： 普通用词，泛指一切客观事物或情况的发生，强调动作的偶然性。

occur： 较正式用词，可指意外地发生，也可指意料中的发生。

chance： 侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。

take place： 多指通过人为安排的发生。

venture, chance, dare, hazard, risk

这些动词均含有"敢于冒险"之意。

venture： 指冒风险试一试，或指有礼貌的反抗或反对。

chance： 指碰运气、冒风险试试。

dare： 可与venture换用，但语气较强，着重挑战或违抗。

hazard： 主要指冒险作出某个选择，隐含碰运气意味。

risk： 指不顾个人安危去干某事，侧重主动承担风险。

chance 双语例句

1. They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.

他们在大学偶遇，最后结了婚。

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2. If cancers are spotted early there'sa high chance of survival.

如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。

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3. He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.

他没有机会更深入地了解波兰。

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4. He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.

他几乎肯定失去了今冬去印度旅行的机会。

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5. There is a chance of sunny spells in the West.

西部可能会有一段天气晴朗的日子。

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chance 实用场景例句

There will be a chance for parents to look around the school.

家长将有机会参观学校。

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Jeff deceived me once already─I won't give him a second chance .

杰夫已骗过我一次，我不会再给他机会。

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This is your big chance (= opportunity for success) .

这是你成功的大好机会。

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It was the chance she had been waiting for.

那正是她一直等待的机会。

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Is there any chance of getting tickets for tonight?

有可能弄到今晚的票吗？

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She has only a slim chance of passing the exam.

她通过考试的希望很渺茫。

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There's a slight chance that he'll be back in time.

他及时赶回来的可能性不大。

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There is no chance that he will change his mind.

他不可能改变主意。

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What chance is there of anybody being found alive?

找到生还者的希望有多大？

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Nowadays a premature baby has a very good chance of survival.

如今早产儿成活的希望非常大。

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The operation has a fifty-fifty chance of success.

这次手术成功的可能性是50%。

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The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning.

遭雷击的可能性是微乎其微的。

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an outside chance (= a very small one)

非常小的可能性

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We won't get another chance of a holiday this year.

我们今年不会再有机会度假了。

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Please give me a chance to explain.

请给我一个解释的机会。

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From then on, they were taking no chances...

从那时起，他们就不再冒险了。

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He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.

他认定，没有刺客会冒险混在人群里开枪。

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He had met Mr Maude by chance.

他曾邂逅过莫德先生。

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Are they by any chance related?

他们有可能是亲戚吗？

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Being very good at science subjects, I stood a good chance of gaining high grades...

我理科很棒，所以很有机会拿高分。

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Neither is seen as standing any chance of snatching the leadership from him.

两人都不被认为有任何可能从他手中夺得领导权。

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You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK...

在英国度假，只有赌天气了。

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Most refugee doctors never get the chance to practice medicine in British hospitals...

多数去避难的医生永远没有机会在英国医院行医。

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...a chance meeting.

偶遇

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A man I chanced to meet proved to be a most unusual character...

我邂逅了一个人，后来发现他是个极为与众不同的家伙。

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It was just then that I chanced to look round.

就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。

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Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it...

安迪知道有风险，我不敢相信他竟然甘冒其险。

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Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?...

你认为他们有可能击败澳大利亚吗？

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This partnership has a good chance of success...

这个组合获胜的希望很大。

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The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote...

选举委员会宣布，所有有资格者都将获得投票的机会。

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