| 词汇 | on the off chance |
| 释义 | on the off chanceon the off chance HOPEif you do something on the off chance, you do it hoping for a particular result, although you know it is not likely 希望〔某事〕会发生，对…抱有一线希望 I didn’t really expect her to be at home. I just called on the off chance. → off-chance 我没期望她会在家，我只是打个电话试试。 Examples from the Corpus on the off chance• Much effort went into tracing remote family connections abroad on the off chance of identifying a benefactor.• I keep all of my old clothes on the off chance that they might come back into fashion.• I asked him on the off chance.• She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat, but shelved the possibility as unlikely. → on the off chance at chance1(7) |
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