chance

1. N-VAR If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen. 可能性

Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?

你認爲他們有可能擊敗澳大利亞隊嗎?

There was really very little chance that Ben would ever have led a normal life. 那時本幾乎不可能過上正常的生活。

2. N-SING If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it. 機會

The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote. 選擧委員會曾宣佈所有符郃條件者都將獲得投票機會。

Most refugee doctors never get the chance to practise medicine in our hospitals. 絕大部分難民毉生在我們的毉院裡從未得到行毉的機會。

3. ADJ A chance meeting or event is one that is not planned or expected. 偶然的[ADJ n]

...a chance meeting. …一次邂逅。

4. N-UNCOUNT Chance is also a noun. 偶然; 意外

...a victim of chance and circumstance. …一個時運不濟的倒黴者。

5. V-T If you chance something, you do it even though there is a risk that you may not succeed or that something bad may happen. 冒…險

Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it. 安迪知道那些風險，我不能相信他會冒那個險。

6. PHRASE Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone. 偶然地; 意外地

He had met Mr. Maude by chance. 他曾與莫德先生邂逅。

7. PHRASE You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true. 可能

Are they by any chance related?

他們可能有關聯嗎？

8. PHRASE If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn't stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it. 有可能

Being very good at science subjects, I stood a good chance of gaining high grades. 我很擅長理科科目，所以很有可能得高分。

9. PHRASE When you take a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure. 碰運氣; 冒險

You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in Maine. 你若在緬因州度假，對天氣得碰運氣。

Retailers are taking no chances on unknown brands. 零售商們不在無名品牌上冒險。