| 单词 | long chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong chance long chance n. originally U.S. an unlikely chance; (also) a chance involving great risk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > a risky undertaking adventurec1300 venturea1566 adventry1616 risk1666 fenda1724 forlorn hope1768 long chance1854 salto mortale1896 crap shoot1958 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [noun] > remote chance a hundred to one1647 a million to one1678 long odds1764 long shot1796 off-chance1844 long chance1854 outside chance1867 a fat chance1892 to have a Chinaman's chance1915 1854 Peterson's Mag. Feb. 108/2 ‘Out of the way, goodness knows I ain't in it by a long chance,’ cried Salina, waving her hand toward the house. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xiii. 191 He's plumb scared at the prospect of suffering anything, and would rather die right off than take long chances. 1938 H. Nicolson Let. 17 Feb. (1966) 322 I do not think there is going to be a war yet. Not by a long chance. 2004 S. Gould Reflex (2005) xix. 278 On the very long chance you've been exposed, I've left an antidote kit on the counter there. 2012 T. S. Whitman Antietam 1862 iii. 58 Lee took a long chance and weakened his Richmond defenses by pulling Longstreet's divisions..out of their entrenchments. < as lemmas |
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