per·chance /pəˈtʃɑːns $ pərˈtʃæns/ adverbadv old use or literary 1 ALMAYBEperhaps 或许,也许 One day perchance I shall tell you. 或许有一天我会告诉你的。
2 ALCHANCE/BY CHANCEby chance 偶然,碰巧 Leave now, lest perchance he find you. 现在就走吧,免得不巧被他发现。
perchance• One day perchance I shall tell you of it.• And so to sleep - perchance not to dream at all.• Has she, perchance, sold out to the patriarchy?• To sleep: perchance to dream: aye, there's the rub.• Computerized Hollywood is giving the world new ways to dream, or perchance to live through waking nightmares.• I looked at the double doors in horror and wondered if perchance Toplis might be hiding inside.