| 单词 | even chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseven chance b. Of the likelihood of something happening: equal to the likelihood that it will not happen; fifty-fifty. Chiefly in even chance. ΚΠ 1674 J. Dryden et al. Notes Empress of Morocco (rev. ed.) 94 In a Duel they have an even chance for their lives. 1700 J. Adams Ess. conc. Self-murther xiii. 251 A Man may have..been in many Battles and Seiges, and yet..rarely have been upon such Service, where 'twas an even chance whether he came off or no. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. viii. 149 It was an even chance that Mrs. Churchill were not in health or spirits for going. View more context for this quotation 1921 Mod. Lang. Notes 36 415 We have seen that there is at least an even likelihood that the babe was a boy. 1989 Financial Times 18 Mar. (Weekend FT section) p. viii/4 Most expatriate employees have a better than even probability of getting their hands on the steering wheel of a company car. 2016 C. Carr Surrender, New York iii. i. 416 There's at least an even chance that Curtis will never come out of those woods alive. < as lemmas |
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