chances

英 [ˈtʃɑːnsɪz]

美 [ˈtʃænsɪz]

n.  (尤指希望发生的事的)可能性; 机会; 机遇; 时机; 风险; 冒险
v.  冒险; 拿…去冒风险; 偶然发生; 碰巧
chance的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 可能(性);机会
  If there is achance ofsomething happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  1. Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?...
     你认为他们有可能击败澳大利亚吗？
  2. This partnership has a good chance of success...
     这个组合获胜的希望很大。
  3. The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim...
     给蒂姆做脑部扫描的专科医生认为他活下来的可能性仍旧渺茫。
  4. There was really very little chance that Ben would ever have led a normal life.
     本过上正常人的生活的机会真的非常小。
• N-COUNT 机会;机遇
  If you have achance todo something, you have the opportunity to do it.
  1. The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote...
     选举委员会宣布，所有有资格者都将获得投票的机会。
  2. Most refugee doctors never get the chance to practice medicine in British hospitals...
     多数去避难的医生永远没有机会在英国医院行医。
  3. I felt I had to give him a chance.
     我觉得自己必须给他个机会。
• ADJ 偶然的;意外的;凑巧的
  Achancemeeting or event is one that is not planned or expected.
  1. ...a chance meeting.
     偶遇
  2. Chanceis also a noun.
     
  3. ...a victim of chance and circumstance.
     时运不济的倒霉蛋
• VERB 碰巧(做);偶然发现
  If youchance todo something orchance onsomething, you do it or find it although you had not planned or tried to.
  1. A man I chanced to meet proved to be a most unusual character...
     我邂逅了一个人，后来发现他是个极为与众不同的家伙。
  2. It was just then that I chanced to look round.
     就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。
  3. ...Christopher Columbus, who chanced upon the Dominican Republic nearly 500 years ago.
     克里斯托弗·哥伦布，在近500年前偶然发现多米尼加共和国的人
• VERB 冒…的险
  If youchancesomething, you do it even though there is a risk that you may not succeed or that something bad may happen.
  1. Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it...
     安迪知道有风险，我不敢相信他竟然甘冒其险。
  2. He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.
     他认定，没有刺客会冒险混在人群里开枪。
• See also:off-chance
• PHRASE 偶然;碰巧
  Something that happensby chancewas not planned by anyone.
  1. He had met Mr Maude by chance.
     他曾邂逅过莫德先生。
• PHRASE (用以询问某事是否属实)会不会，可能
  You can useby any chancewhen you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true.
  1. Are they by any chance related?
     他们有可能是亲戚吗？
• PHRASE 有可能;有机会
  If you say that someonestands a chance ofachieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn'tstand a chance ofachieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it.
  1. Being very good at science subjects, I stood a good chance of gaining high grades...
     我理科很棒，所以很有机会拿高分。
  2. Neither is seen as standing any chance of snatching the leadership from him.
     两人都不被认为有任何可能从他手中夺得领导权。
• PHRASE 冒险;碰运气
  When youtake a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure.
  1. You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK...
     在英国度假，只有赌天气了。
  2. From then on, they were taking no chances...
     从那时起，他们就不再冒险了。
  3. Dennis was not a man to take chances.
     丹尼斯不是个敢冒风险的人。

双语例句

• Lights clipped onto life jackets improve the chances of rescue
  别在救生衣上的灯提高了获救可能性。
• It is a great pity that all pupils in the city cannot have the same chances
  非常遗憾的是，在这个城市里，并非所有的学生都能获得同样的机会。
• The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.
  他生还的机会非常渺茫。
• He doesn't take chances; that's why he's survived and most of his imitators haven't.
  他不冒险：这就是为什么他得以幸存，而他的大部分仿效者却没有。
• Dennis was not a man to take chances.
  丹尼斯不是个敢冒风险的人。
• The more confidence you build up in yourself, the greater are your chances of success.
  树立的自信心越强，成功的把握就越大。
• I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success.
  我不想做会影响成功机会的事情。
• You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning
  你可以通过合理计划来提高盈利的机会。
• He's been very unlucky that no chances have fallen to him.
  他很不走运，机会一次也没有落到他头上。
• I think the chances of getting reforms accepted by the community at large remain extremely remote
  我看要使改革方案得到社会的广泛认可，机会还很渺茫。