| 单词 | sporting chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmassporting chance sporting chance n. colloquial (originally) an uncertain or doubtful likelihood (of success); (now chiefly) a reasonable but not certain chance; a fair opportunity. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity chance1297 occasiona1382 opportunitya1387 fair play?a1500 main chance1577 venturea1625 opening1752 ettle1768 slant1837 sporting chance1897 open go1918 a fair crack of the whip1929 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 252 One must diminish dead certainties to the level of sporting chances along here. 1913 Granta 7 Mar. 255/2 If bad shows are booked for this theatre the actors are not the people to be blamed; they are, naturally, trying to do their best—give them a sporting chance. 1977 M. Allen Spence in Petal Park xxxi. 146 All that rubbish they learnt on the rugger field about giving the other fellow a sporting chance... The world just doesn't work like that. 1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) iv. 50 I felt sure that, in the right conditions and at the right moment.., I had a sporting chance of pulling off the Corryvreckan swim. < as lemmas |
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