| 单词 | to stand some chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand some (or little, no) chance P7. to stand a (good, poor, small, etc.) chance; to stand some (or little, no) chance): to be likely to meet with some (specified or implied) piece of fortune, some danger, some good or ill luck. Const. of (something, doing something), for. ΚΠ 1725 New Canting Dict. at Lay He stands a queer Lay; He stands an odd Chance, or is in great Danger. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 319 The Duke stood a very ticklish Chance. 1770 L. Carter Diary 19 Oct. (1965) I. 513 Tobacco..which I have had pickt out and rehanged and carried to the tobacco house, where they stand a Better chance of being taken notice of as they cure. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 108 He..hardly stood a chance of becoming a beggar. 1803 Pic Nic No. 13. 4 They stood a fair chance of going to hell. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 78 Under such circumstances an obnoxious criminal stood..small chance of justice. 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 281 He would have stood a fair chance for a prize. 1861 Temple Bar 2 539 Grey will stand no chance. 1885 Manch. Examiner 12 Nov. 5/1 The Ministry..stand a good chance of seeing themselves reduced to insignificance. 1889 F. C. Philips Young Ainslie's Courtship I. vii. 100 He would stand no chance over the snow against your snow-shoes. 2010 S. Junger War ii. vi. 153 Some of the Afghans were firing from the hip even though they didn't stand a chance of hitting anything that way. < as lemmas |
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