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 somethingon the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！