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?

你认为他们有可能击败澳大利亚队吗?

There was really very little chance that Ben would ever have led a normal life. 那时本几乎不可能过上正常的生活。

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

The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote. 选举委员会曾宣布所有符合条件者都将获得投票机会。

Most refugee doctors never get the chance to practise medicine in our hospitals. 绝大部分难民医生在我们的医院里从未得到行医的机会。

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. …一个时运不济的倒霉者。

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…险

Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it. 安迪知道那些风险，我不能相信他会冒那个险。

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. 他曾与莫德先生邂逅。

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?

他们可能有关联吗？

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. 我很擅长理科科目，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. 碰运气; 冒险

You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in Maine. 你若在缅因州度假，对天气得碰运气。

Retailers are taking no chances on unknown brands. 零售商们不在无名品牌上冒险。