off-chance
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英漢雙解
習慣用語
do sth on the off chance
僥幸一試;碰運氣to do sth even though you think that there is only a small possibility of it being successful
| She scanned the crowd on the off chance of seeing someone she knew. 她掃視著人群,抱著一線希望看是否有熟人。 |
| I called in at the office on the off chance that you would still be there. 我打電話給辦公室,想看看你是否還在那里。 |
英漢解釋
例句
She decided not to come out for lunch with us, on the off chance that her manager would call her into a meeting.
她決定不和我們出來吃午飯,有微乎其微的可能,她的經理會給她電話參加會議。
I thought, who logs on to a police website on the off-chance that there might be someone wanted that they might recognise?
我認為,在警察網站上登錄的人極少機會能夠提供幫助給我們想要的那個人。
Gaddafi probably built it to stay on the off chance he might visit the nearby oil fields, I thought.
我想,卡扎菲也許把這里當作偶爾視察附近油田需要小憩時的行宮。
Her relation with her aunt was as superficial as that off chance lodgers who pass on the stairs.
她和姑母的關系就象同居一棟樓偶爾在樓梯上相遇的寄宿者一樣疏遠。
When you stop looking for fall - back excuses on the off chance that you're going to screw up, you take control of your life.
當你想要振作起來的時候,你不再為自己尋找可依靠的借口,你就掌握了自己的生活。
I suppose this happens occasionally, and maybe it's worth asking the question just on the off chance that something yummy will pop out.
我估計這種情況時有發生,因此值得一問,萬一會聽到什么有意思的信息呢。
But I'll talk to you now, on the off-chance that it helps.
但是我現在仍在和你說話,抱著這將湊效的一絲僥幸心理。
I didn't think you'd be at home, but I just called on the 'off chance.
我想你不會在家的,只是抱著一線希望給你打個電話。
I didn't think you'd be at home but I just called by on the off chance.
我想你不會在家,只是碰碰運氣順路來看一下。
Somewhere he had let float the off-chance of a miraculous exchange.
在某些地方他提出了這類極為不可能發生的奇跡般的交易。
They planned to camp out again Sunday on the off chance that seats on the already-overbooked Thai Airways flight into Rome might open up.
他們計劃十八日再露宿一次,碰碰運氣看已經超額預訂的泰國航空公司飛羅馬的班機是否可能開放位子。
I came early on the off chance that we might have time to chat.
我早點來是想我們可能會有點時間聊聊的。
This must be in the off chance that my luck will change, and it is the only inconsistency.
這必須在過機會,我運氣會有所改變,這是唯一的不一致。
If a country grabs this one-off chance for productivity gains and investment, economic growth can jump by as much as a third.
如果一個國家能抓住這個生產力增長和投資的一次性機會,其經濟增長將可能猛增三分之一。
On the off chance that you don't like them, you can alway bring them back.
你不喜歡他們的可能微乎其微,萬一如此,把它們拿回來就是了。
There is an off chance that you may see him there.
你在那兒能看到他的機會不太大。
I think these extra 15 pounds on my hips are putting me more at risk than the off-chance of getting served poison milk or dumplings.
我屁股上的15磅贅肉比毒牛奶和毒餃子時更危險。
I came late on the off chance that I could avoid Thomas.
我晚來,以為我有可能避開托馬斯的。
on the off chance the marriage actually does work out?
只是碰碰運氣的婚姻真的起作用嗎?
There is an off chance of finding him at home.
在他家找到他的可能性很小。
stopped by on the off chance that they're home.
停下車看看,既使他們在家的可能性很小
Change countenance off-chance to lose light seriously.
嚴重變色到極微的失光。
She applied on the off chance .
她抱著微弱的希望作了申請。
The program also introduced occasional mutationsand randomness, on the off chance that one of them might produce an accidentalgenius.
程序也會引入一些偶然的變化和隨機性,因為這樣可能帶來一兩個意想不到的驚喜。
I was willing to fail again and again for off-chance I might come across something that gave me an extra boost.
我愿意經歷一次又一次的失敗,因為即使機會微小,我也可能觸碰到讓我有更大進步的東西。
As a result, almost anything is worth offering on the off chance it will find a buyer.
結果就是,任何東西,只要有一點點的機會能夠找到買主,就有存在的價值。
Make small change to the code on the off-chance that it might solve the problem
對程序做一些小的改動,盡管解決問題的機會極小;