释义 |
Noun: chance chãns- A possibility due to a favourable combination of circumstances
"now is your chance" - opportunity - An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"we ran into each other by pure chance" - luck, fortune, hazard - A risk involving danger
"you take a chance when you let her drive" - A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favourable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- probability - The possibility of future success
- prospect Adjective: chance chãns- Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
"a chance occurrence" - casual Verb: chance chãns- Take a risk in the hope of a favourable outcome
- gamble, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance - Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" - find, happen, bump, encounter
Sounds like: chants Derived forms: chanced, chances, chancing See also: chancy, unplanned Type of: amount, assay, attempt, danger, essay, measure, peril, phenomenon, possibility, possibleness, potency, potential, potentiality, quantity, risk, seek, try Encyclopedia: Chance, Maryland Chance Chance, MD Chance, Frank Leroy |