off-chance
英 [ɒf tʃɑːns]
美 [ɔːf tʃæns]
n. 不大会有的机会;侥幸
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 心存侥幸地;怀着渺茫希望地
If you do somethingon the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely.- He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
他搭飞机去了巴黎,心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。 - ...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess.
为有幸一睹王妃风采而前来的美国游客
- He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
双语例句
- This would be the off-chance to get Lilly to notice me.
这会是让莉莉注意我的千载难逢的好机会! - He collected an enormous amount of information on the off-chance that he might later have a use for it.
他收集了大量资料,心想说不定日后可能会用上。 - He went to the party on the off-chance that his friends would be there.
他去参加聚会,希望在那里能看到他的朋友们。 - He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
他搭飞机去了巴黎,心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。 - We did not make an appointment, but as we were passing we called on the off-chance that he might be able to see us.
我们没有与他约定,但是既然路过这里,就抱着侥幸心理,也许他能接见我们。 - To do this, the company withdrew millions of bottles and replace millions more without cost to the customer, on the off-chance that other bottles might be poisoned.
为此,公司收回了数以万计的止痛药,此外,为避免其他药片也有万分之一被污染的可能,还免费为消费者替换了数百万盒的药片。