off-chance
英 [ɒf tʃɑːns]
美 [ɔːf tʃæns]
n. 不大会有的机会；侥幸
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 心存侥幸地；怀着渺茫希望地
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.
他搭飞机去了巴黎，心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。 - ...an American visitor who had turned up on the off-chance of catching a glimpse of the princess.
为有幸一睹王妃风采而前来的美国游客
- He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
双语例句
- He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca.
他搭飞机去了巴黎，心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。 - This would be the off-chance to get Lilly to notice me.
这会是让莉莉注意我的千载难逢的好机会！ - He collected an enormous amount of information on the off-chance that he might later have a use for it.
他收集了大量资料，心想说不定日后可能会用上。 - To do this, the company withdrew millions of bottles and replace millions more without cost to the customer, on the off-chance that other bottles might be poisoned.
为此，公司收回了数以万计的止痛药，此外，为避免其他药片也有万分之一被污染的可能，还免费为消费者替换了数百万盒的药片。 - He went to the party on the off-chance that his friends would be there.
他去参加聚会，希望在那里能看到他的朋友们。 - We did not make an appointment, but as we were passing we called on the off-chance that he might be able to see us.
我们没有与他约定，但是既然路过这里，就抱着侥幸心理，也许他能接见我们。