| 单词 | the main chance |
| 释义 | chance /chäns/noun
To risk intransitive verbTo happen adjectiveHappening by chance adverbPerchance ORIGIN: OFr cheance, from LL cadentia, from L cadere to fall chanceˈful adjective
chanceˈless adjective Without an opportunity chancˈer noun (informal) An unscrupulous person prepared to seize any opportunity to make money or for his or her own advancement, an opportunist chancˈily adverb chancˈiness noun chancˈy or chancˈey adjective
chanceˈ-comer noun Someone who arrives by chance or unexpectedly by chance Accidentally chance in a million
chance it or chance one's arm (or luck) (informal) To take a chance, often recklessly or with little hope of success chance upon or on To find or come across by chance chance would be a fine thing (informal) There is not much hope of it even chance Equal probability for or against how chance? (Shakespeare) How does it happen that? no chance or not a chance (informal) That will not happen or succeed on the off chance In hope rather than expectation stand a good chance To have a reasonable expectation take one's chance
the chances are It is probable or likely the main chance The chief object or best opportunity (esp in the phrase have an eye to the main chance to be aware of opportunity for self-enrichment) |
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