单词 | to take one's chance |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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. ΘΚΠ 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? ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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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