英语词汇“on the off-chance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

on the off-chance

phrase

If you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this isunlikely.

He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca. [PHRASE that]

...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpseof the princess.

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on the off chance in British English

with the hope

on the off chance of getting the job

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on the off-chance in British English

if you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely

He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.

an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse ofthe princess

I came on the off-chance I'd see her.

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on the (off) chance in American English

relying on the (remote) possibility; in case

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on the off-chance

in the hope that something good will happen, although that is unlikely

One American visitor had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of theprincess.

Examples of 'on the off chance' in a sentence
on the off chance

I'm also going to watch his apartment on the off chance he goes back.I rang three more hotels on the off chance he'd simply moved somewhere else, but they'd never heard of him.She left a message with her father's secretary on the off chance that he could bring forward his flight home and come along, too.`In fact, I was going to say, but you dashed off -- I brought a bottle as well, just on the off chance.`I brought you here on the off-chance that she would come in.Neither of the women I had met was working and I got a beer and looked around on the off-chance that Huckmeyer was present.

单词	on the off-chance
释义	on the off-chance phrase If you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this isunlikely. He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca. [PHRASE that] ...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpseof the princess. [Also + of] See full dictionary entry for off-chance on the off chance in British English with the hope on the off chance of getting the job See full dictionary entry for off chance on the off-chance in British English if you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca. an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse ofthe princess I came on the off-chance I'd see her. See full dictionary entry for off-chance on the (off) chance in American English relying on the (remote) possibility; in case See full dictionary entry for chance on the off-chance in the hope that something good will happen, although that is unlikely One American visitor had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of theprincess. Examples of 'on the off chance' in a sentence on the off chance I'm also going to watch his apartment on the off chance he goes back. James W. Huston THE SHADOWS OF POWER (2002) I rang three more hotels on the off chance he'd simply moved somewhere else, but they'd never heard of him. Adam, Paul A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH (2003) She left a message with her father's secretary on the off chance that he could bring forward his flight home and come along, too. Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2003) `In fact, I was going to say, but you dashed off -- I brought a bottle as well, just on the off chance. Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003) `I brought you here on the off-chance that she would come in. West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT Neither of the women I had met was working and I got a beer and looked around on the off-chance that Huckmeyer was present. Wood, Ted SNOWJOB
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on the off-chance

on the off chance in British English

on the off-chance in British English

on the (off) chance in American English

on the off-chance

Examples of 'on the off chance' in a sentenceon the off chance

Examples of 'on the off chance' in a sentence
on the off chance