| 单词 | chance |
| 释义 | chance (once / 34 pages) 1nadjv 2nv A chance is a possibility — but it's not a sure thing. There could be a chance of rain today or a chance you'll be the lead in the school play. Chance is sometimes about opportunity, as in getting a chance to try out for the baseball team. Sometimes it's just luck, as in taking a chance on a new car through a raffle at school. You could meet someone by chance, and you could say, "I chanced upon him at a coffee shop." Sometimes the word implies danger, as in "He took a chance when he signed up for skydiving." In any case, a chance is never a sure thing. WORD FAMILYchance: chanced, chanceful, chancely, chances, chancing, chancingly, chancy, mischance+/chanceful: chancefully/chancy: chancier, chanciest, chancily/mischance: mischances USAGE EXAMPLESIt added there is a chance Chung, an equestrian competitor who trained in Germany, may choose to return to South Korea voluntarily. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Ms. Mills wanted to be a pilot for the military but missed her chance when World War II ended. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Wisconsin always gets a chance to prove itself in the Big Ten. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another we ran into each other by pure chance Syn|Hypo|Hyper fortune, hazard, luck bad luck, mischance, mishap an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate even chance, toss-up, tossupan unpredictable phenomenon phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2n a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances now is your chance Syn|Hypo|Hyper opportunity brass ring a rich opportunity or a prize daya period of opportunity clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasaan opportunity to start over without prejudice audience, hearingan opportunity to state your case and be heard hunting grounda place where opportunities abound occasionan opportunity to do something openingopportunity especially for employment or promotion roomopportunity for saythe chance to speak crack, shota chance to do something streeta situation offering opportunities throwa single chance or instance cut-rate sale, sale, sales eventan occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices possibility, possibleness capability of existing or happening or being true 3n the possibility of future success Syn|Hyper prospect potency, potential, potentiality the inherent capacity for coming into being 4n a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible Syn|Hypo|Hyper probability conditional probability, contingent probability the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred cross section(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns exceedance(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time fair chance, sporting chancea reasonable probability of success fat chance, slim chancelittle or no chance of success joint probabilitythe probability of two events occurring together risk, risk of exposurethe probability of being exposed to an infectious agent risk, risk of infectionthe probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred amount, measure, quantity how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify 5adj occurring or appearing or singled out by chance a chance occurrence Syn casual unplanned without apparent forethought or prompting or planning 6v come upon, as if by accident; meet with She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day Syn bump, encounter, find, happen 7v be the case by chance 2I chanced to meet my old friend in the street Hypo|Hyper happen chance to be or do something, without intention or causation come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass 1n a risk involving danger you take a chance when you let her drive Hyper danger, peril, risk a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury 2v take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome Syn|Hypo|Hyper adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances go for broke risk everything in one big effort luck it, luck throughact by relying on one's luck assay, attempt, essay, seek, try make an effort or attempt |
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