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单词 to take one's chance
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to take one's chance

Phrases

P1. by chance:
a. As it falls or fell out; without design; casually, accidentally, incidentally, haply; by any chance = perchance adv. 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > by any chance
peradventurec1325
percase1402
perchancea1425
perhapsc1520
anauntrins1676
by any chance1914
c1315 Shoreham 60 And ȝef the man other that wyf By cheaunce doumbe were.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. i. 6 I came by chaunce vnto mount Gelboa.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 108 Pelleus..hade a wyfe..Tetyda she heght: Þes gret in þere gamyn gate hom betwene, Achilles, by chaunce.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Suffolk xxiv. 4 Encountred me upon the seas by chaunce.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 48v Not obiter and bichance, but purposelie.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H3 Somtime by chance a blind man may catch a hare.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 126. ¶8 If by Chance the Coachman stopped at a wrong Place.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 41 Some book that you picked up, as you say, by chance.
1914 ‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels x Are you engaged to be married, by any chance?
b. Perchance, perhaps, maybe. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps
is wenc897
wen isc897
peradventurec1300
peradventurec1325
perchancec1350
uphapa1375
percasea1393
lightly1395
in casea1398
maybea1400
may chancea1400
may-falla1400
may-fortunea1400
may-tidea1400
perhapa1464
happen1487
perhapsc1520
percase1523
ablea1525
by chance1526
mayhap1533
fortunea1535
belikelya1551
haps1570
mayhappen1577
perhappen1578
possibly1600
not impossibly1667
ables1673
aunters1673
aiblins1720
p'rapsa1745
aunterens1825
mebbe1825
yes-no1898
yimkin1925
ja-nee1937
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bvii Thou mayst lese thy goodes..and also by chaunce the helth of thy body.
c. At random, anyhow. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]
feringc1000
feringlya1300
by casec1300
chancefully1303
lotc1325
peradventurec1325
of chance1330
happilya1375
in hapa1375
upon hapsa1375
casuallyc1384
perchancec1387
chancely1389
by fortune1390
haplyc1390
by (also of) adventurea1393
percasea1393
adventurelyc1400
percase1402
accidently?a1425
adventurously1440
by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450
accidentally1528
chanceably1559
bechance1569
chance1595
casual-wise1601
accidental1622
occasionally1622
fortuitouslya1652
contingently1668
by chance1669
chanceable1709
per-hazard1788
chance-wise1844
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. i. 29 From the given Point C, to the Line AB, draw a Line by chance.
P2. in, through, with chance: = by chance (see Phrases 1a). of chance: (a) = by chance ( Phrases 1a); (b) = on the chance (10). Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]
feringc1000
feringlya1300
by casec1300
chancefully1303
lotc1325
peradventurec1325
of chance1330
happilya1375
in hapa1375
upon hapsa1375
casuallyc1384
perchancec1387
chancely1389
by fortune1390
haplyc1390
by (also of) adventurea1393
percasea1393
adventurelyc1400
percase1402
accidently?a1425
adventurously1440
by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450
accidentally1528
chanceably1559
bechance1569
chance1595
casual-wise1601
accidental1622
occasionally1622
fortuitouslya1652
contingently1668
by chance1669
chanceable1709
per-hazard1788
chance-wise1844
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 59 Þer fader & þei o chance togider gan mete.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 207 Þe kyng..atires him gode nauie Tille Inglond, ochance to wynne it with maistrie.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1514 Cayme he sloghe wiþ [Trin. Cambr. bi] chance.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7171 Thoru chance he fand an assban.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6771 If þis ahut be stoln in [Fairf. wiþ] chanse.
P3. for any chance: for anything that might happen, in any event, anyhow, ever. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case
algatec1330
for any chancea1400
at (also in) all events1550
howsoever1586
in any event1692
oncea1715
whether or no1784
for any sake1824
at any event1838
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 245 Seldom was for ani chance Englis tong preched in france.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5575 May na mon for nankin chaunce for-do þat lordes puruyaunce.
P4. on the chance: acting on the chance or possibility (of or that…); see sense A. 5.
P5. to take one's chance:
Thesaurus »
a. to take what may befall one, submit to whatever may happen; to ‘risk it’. So †to stand to one's chance (obsolete), to stand one's chance.
b. To seize one's opportunity (see A. 4).
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the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > have opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take opportunity
when the pig is offered (also proffered), hold open the pokea1325
to strike while (also when) the iron is hotc1405
to take occasion1561
to take one's chance1791
a1300 Land Cokaygne 184 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 161 Ye stond to yure cheance.
c1325 Lai le Freine 107 Me is best take mi chaunce.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 27v Wishinge rather to stande to thy chaunce, then to the choyse of any other.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. i. 38 You must take your chaunce . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 151 Brother, take you my land, Ile take my chance . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 384 Wilt take thy chance with me? View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 343 Hector alone shall stand his fatal Chance, and Hector's Blood shall smoke upon thy Lance.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §98 To take the chance of the morning's tide.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. ii. 10 Mrs. Long and her neices must stand their chance.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 53 We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance.
1928 Times of India 28 Sept. 8 The well-trained Indian ought to stand his chance, and..if a particular Indian is a better servant than a particular Anglo-Indian, the Anglo-Indian ought not to stand in his way.
c. to take a chance or chances: to take a risk or risks. Originally U.S.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance
to take one's chancec1325
to take penancec1400
to throw at allc1400
to buy a pig (in Scotl. a cat) in a poke1546
to throw the helve after the hatchet1546
to set (up) one's rest1579
to give the adventure1607
to make a shaft or a bolt of ita1616
to run a fortune1627
to run for luck1799
to go the vole1816
chance1863
to chance one's arm1889
to take a chance or chances1902
gamble1919
1902 S. G. Fisher True Hist. Amer. Revol. 311 Washington thought himself justified in taking the chances rather than abandon New York without a blow.
1904 N.Y. Evening Post 24 Oct. 12 Passengers on stalled trains took chances with the third rail, and getting off walked to the nearest station.
1912 H. Croly Marcus Alonzo Hanna 99 In the beginning he may have taken some long chances in order to accelerate the progress of the firm.
1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs x. 247 Caverhill tried to get them into a paddock with a rowdy bull, but they noticed just in time that he was not taking any chances himself.
1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. vii. 187 The American had always been ‘taking a chance’.
P6. the main chance: see main chance n.
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.
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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.
extracted from chancen.adj.adv.
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