chance是什么意思_chance怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;"bad luck caused his downfall"
"we ran into each other by pure chance"

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 favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible;"the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

the possibility of future success;"his prospects as a writer are excellent"

Adjective:

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;"seek help from casual passers-by"
"a casual meeting"
"a chance occurrence"

Verb:

be the case by chance;"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;"When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

come upon, as if by accident; meet with;"We find this idea in Plato"
"I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

中英词源

chance 机会

来自拉丁词cadens, 掉落，词源同case, accident. 即偶发事件。

chance: chance: [13] Like the related case, chance originally meant ‘that which befalls (by accident, also a relative)’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, a descendant of Latin cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence and cadenza). This passed into Old French as cheoir, whose noun derivatives included cheoite (source of English chute) and cheance, acquired by English via Anglo-Norman chaunce.
=> accident, cadence, case, chute
chance (v.): late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.
chance (n.): c. 1300, "something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence" (good or bad, but more often bad), from Old French cheance "accident, chance, fortune, luck, situation, the falling of dice" (12c., Modern French chance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia "that which falls out," a term used in dice, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)).

In English frequently in plural, chances. The word"s notions of "opportunity" and "randomness" are as old as the record of it in English and now all but crowd out the word"s original notion of "mere occurrence." Main chance "thing of most importance" is from 1570s, bearing the older sense. The mathematical (and hence odds-making) sense is attested from 1778. To stand a chance (or not) is from 1796.

To take (one"s) chances "accept what happens" (early 14c.) is from the old, neutral sense; to take a chance/take chances is originally (by 1814) "participate in a raffle or lottery or game;" extended sense of "take a risk" is by 1826.

词态变化

复数 chances;
第三人称单数 chances;
过去式 chanced;
过去分词 chanced;
现在分词 chancing;
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权威造句

1. They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.: 他们在大学偶遇，最后结了婚。

2. If cancers are spotted early there"sa high chance of survival.: 如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。

3. He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.: 他没有机会更深入地了解波兰。

4. He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.: 他几乎肯定失去了今冬去印度旅行的机会。

5. There is a chance of sunny spells in the West.: 西部可能会有一段天气晴朗的日子。

近反义词

accident

fate

luck

opportunity

possibility

prospect

相似短语

by chance adv.偶然,意外地

chance on v. 偶然发现

on the chance that 指望, 期待, 心想也许会

chance to 偶然发生

on the chance of 希望,指望,以期…

chance it 冒险一试, 碰运气

chance coincidence 偶然一致，偶然重合

chance error 机误

chance machine 概率计算机

earning chance 赚钱机会

单词分析

这些名词均含“机会”之意。
chance侧重指偶然或意外的机会，有时也指正常或好的机会。
opportunity侧重指有利或适合于采取行动，以达到某一目的或实现某种愿望的最佳时机或机会。
occasion指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。这些词语都可表示“发生”之意。
happen普通用词，泛指一切客观事物或情况的发生，强调动作的偶然性。
occur较正式用词，可指意外地发生，也可指意料中的发生。
chance侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。
take place多指通过人为安排的发生。这些动词均含有“敢于冒险”之意。
venture指冒风险试一试，或指有礼貌的反抗或反对。
chance指碰运气、冒风险试试。
dare可与venture换用，但语气较强，着重挑战或违抗。
hazard主要指冒险作出某个选择，隐含碰运气意味。
risk指不顾个人安危去干某事，侧重主动承担风险。

记忆方法

chance.........巧死（了，真巧）........偶然;碰巧

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