chance

詳細解釋：

chance

n.（名詞）

The unknown and unpredictable element in happenings that seems to have no assignable cause.
偶然性：在似乎無因可查的事件中末知和不可預測的成分
A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:
機緣，僥倖：被認為引起不能預知或控制的事件的力量；運氣：
例句：
Chance will determine the outcome.
機緣將決定結果

Often chances The likelihood of something happening; possibility or probability:
常作 chances 或然率，機率：很有可能發生的情況；可能性或極可能性：
例句：
Chances are good that you will win. Is there any chance of rainô
極有可能你會贏。有可能下雨嗎ô

An accidental or unpredictable event.
偶然的事，意想不到的事
A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:
機遇，機會：有利的狀況或環境；機會：
例句：
a chance to escape.
逃跑的機會

A risk or hazard; a gamble:
風險或危險；冒險：
例句：
took a chance that the ice would hold me.
甘冒冰層可以承受住我的危險

Games A raffle or lottery ticket.
【遊戲】 獎券，彩票
Baseball An opportunity to make a putout or an assist that counts as an error if unsuccessful.
【棒球】 刺殺出局，夾殺：做一次傳殺或助殺的機會，不成功則算誤殺
adj.（形容詞）
Caused by or ascribable to chance; unexpected, random, or casual:
恰巧的，偶然的：由機緣引起的或歸因於機緣的；沒有預想到的，隨意的，隨便的：
例句：
a chance encounter; a chance result.
邂逅；不曾料想的結果

v.（動詞）
chanced,chanc.ing,chanc.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To come about by chance; occur:
偶然發生；出現：
例句：
It chanced that the train was late that day.
那天偶然火車晚點

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To take the risk or hazard of:
冒…險：
例句：
not willing to chance it.
不願意去冒險

<常用詞組>chance on 或
chance upon
To find or meet accidentally; happen upon:
偶然找到，偶然遇到；偶然碰到：
例句：
While in Paris we chanced on two old friends.
在巴黎我們偶然碰到兩位老朋友

<習慣用語>by chance
Without plan; accidentally:
意外地；偶然地：
例句：
They met by chance on a plane.
他們在飛機上不期而遇

Possibly; perchance:
或許；可能：
例句：
Is he, by chance, her brotherô
他可能是她哥哥嗎ô

on the off chance
In the slight hope or possibility.
萬一發生：抱著微小的希望或可能性
來源：
Middle English [unexpected event]
中古英文 [不曾預料的事件]
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Vulgar Latin *cadentia
源自 俗拉丁語 *cadentia
from Latin cadôns cadent- [present participle of] cadere [to fall, befall] * see kad-
源自 拉丁語 cadôns cadent- [] cadere的現在分詞 [滑落，發生] *參見 kad-

<參考辭彙><同義詞>chance,random,casual,haphazard,desultoryThese adjectives apply to what is determined not by deliberation or method but by accident.
這些形容詞適用於不是由特意或方法而是由偶然性決定的情況。
Chance stresses lack of premeditation:
Chance 強調缺乏事先考慮：
例句：
a chance meeting with a friend.
與一位朋友邂逅。

Random implies the absence of a specific pattern or objective and suggests a lack of direction that might or could profitably be imposed:
Random 含指沒有特定的模式或目的，並含有缺少原本能有益定向意思：
例句：
struck by a random shot;
被流彈擊中；

例句：
took a random guess.
任意猜想。

Casual stresses lack of deliberation and often suggests an absence of due concern:
Casual 強調缺少考慮以及應有的關注：
例句：
made a casual observation.
做隨隨便便的觀察。

Haphazard implies a carelessness or a willful leaving to chance:
Haphazard 含指粗心大意，樂意聽任機緣：
例句：
offered a haphazard plan of action.
提供了一個隨意的行動計畫。

Desultory suggests a shifting about from one thing to another that reflects a lack of method:
Desultory 暗指從一件東西移到另一件，反映缺少方法：
例句：
engaged in a desultory conversation. See also Synonyms at happen ,opportunity
進行一次不連貫的漫談 參見同義詞 happen,opportunity