| 单词 | outside chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutside chance 6. Designating or relating to a very remote chance or possibility. Esp. in outside chance. ΘΚΠ 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 1867 Temple Bar Jan. 199 It would have been safe to stake every shilling I had in the world against such an outside chance as his rehabilitation! 1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 8 If you marry the Cheap Man, it is true that you stand a Show of getting the whole Estate sooner or later, but this is an Outside Chance. 1931 J. A. Williamson Evol. Eng. iii. 67 (note) It should be regarded as an outside possibility. 1961 Times 26 Apr. 4/4 If they consistently take their chances round the bat, they could be a good outside bet for their first championship. 1995 Racing Post 14 July 48/2 Occasionally makes the frame, outside chance. < as lemmas |
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