英语词汇“off-chance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

off-chance

also off chance

on the off-chance phrase

If you do something on 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. [PHRASE that]

...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess.

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Idioms:

on the off-chance

in the hope that something good will happen, although that is unlikely

One American visitor had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess.

单词	off-chance
释义	off-chance also off chance on the off-chance phrase If you do something on 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. [PHRASE that] ...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess. [Also + of] Idioms: on the off-chance in the hope that something good will happen, although that is unlikely One American visitor had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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