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chance upon

/chans, chahns/US // tʃæns, tʃɑns //UK // (tʃɑːns) //

赶上,赶上了,赶到时,赶不上

Related Words

prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景shot镜头,摄,炮击,镜头下的opportunity机会,机遇,契机,机缘odds赔率,几率,机率,机会break突破,休息,断裂,断time时间,时代,时期,时likelihood可能性,可能,可能的,可能的事hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击risk风险,危险,危险性,风险提示advantage优势future未来,未来的,今后,今后的lot很多,地段,大量,批量outcome结果,成果,结果是,结果是什么incidental偶然的,附带的,偶发性的,偶发的contingent特遣队,特遣队员,特遣队成员,特遣队的show显示,展示,显示出,表明opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式liability负债,责任,债务,义务scope范围,范畴,规模

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
    • : luck or fortune: a game of chance.
    • : a possibility or probability of anything happening: a fifty-percent chance of success.
    • : an opportune or favorable time; opportunity: Now is your chance.
    • : Baseball. an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist.
    • : a risk or hazard: Take a chance.
    • : a share or ticket in a lottery or prize drawing: The charity is selling chances for a dollar each.
    • : chances, probability: The chances are that the train hasn't left yet.
    • : Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number.
    • : Archaic. an unfortunate event; mishap.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chanced, chanc·ing.

    • : to happen or occur by chance: It chanced that our arrivals coincided.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chanced, chanc·ing.

    • : to take the chances or risks of; risk: I'll have to chance it, whatever the outcome.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not planned or expected; accidental: a chance occurrence.
  1. 1
    • : chance on / upon to come upon by chance; meet unexpectedly: She chanced on a rare kind of mushroom during her walk through the woods.

Phrases

  • chance it
  • chance on
  • by chance
  • Chinaman's chance
  • eye to the main chance
  • fat chance
  • fighting chance
  • jump at (the chance)
  • not have an earthly chance
  • on the (off) chance
  • snowball's chance in hell
  • sporting chance
  • stand a chance
  • take a chance
  • take one's chances

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instrike
Synonyms
arrive at到达,抵达,达成,达到catch接住,抓住,捕捉,捕获reach达到,达成,达到了,抵达seize夺取,抓紧时间,抓捕,抓住take采纳,采纳了achieve实现,达到,实现了,达到了attain达到,实现,达到了,达成effect效果,影响,作用,效应encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的come upon碰上了,碰上,遇到了,遇到dig up挖出,挖开,挖掘,挖空happen upon偶遇,碰上了,碰上,偶见hit upon中意,中了,碰上了,触及到lay bare暴露无遗,暴露出来,袒露light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明open up开放,开放的stumble across偶然发现,偶然发现的,绊倒,偶遇turn up转身,翻身,出现,转变
as instumble
Synonyms
bump碰撞,撞击,颠簸,撞伤tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的chance机会,机遇,机缘,的机会discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了find发现,找到,找到了,找到的hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击light光,光线,光明,光照luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接blunder upon误入歧途,错失良机,忽悠人,误入歧途的come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的come up against遇到,遇到的,遇到的问题,遇到的情况fall upon跌倒在地,跌倒在地上,倾覆,跌倒在地的light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明run across跑过,穿过,横穿,横跨stub toe on趾高气扬,趾高气扬的,趾高气昂,趾高气扬的样子turn up转身,翻身,出现,转变
as inbump into
Synonyms
come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的meet up with会见,会晤,碰头,碰面run into碰上,碰见,碰到,遇到encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击light光,光线,光明,光照light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接run across跑过,穿过,横穿,横跨stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的
as inhap
Synonyms
come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的meet up with会见,会晤,碰头,碰面run into碰上,碰见,碰到,遇到encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击light光,光线,光明,光照light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接run across跑过,穿过,横穿,横跨stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的
as income across
Synonyms
bump into撞见,碰见,撞到,冲撞discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索notice通知,通知书,通知公告stumble upon撞见,偶然发现,绊倒在地,绊倒uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来happen upon偶遇,碰上了,碰上,偶见hit upon中意,中了,碰上了,触及到light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接
as inencounter
Synonyms
bump into撞见,碰见,撞到,冲撞discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索notice通知,通知书,通知公告stumble upon撞见,偶然发现,绊倒在地,绊倒uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来happen upon偶遇,碰上了,碰上,偶见hit upon中意,中了,碰上了,触及到light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接
as infind
Synonyms
detect探测,侦查,检测,探测到discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了identify确定,识别,确认,鉴定locate找到了,定位,找到,找到的meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接notice通知,通知书,通知公告recover恢复,复原,复苏,恢复原状spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了turn up转身,翻身,出现,转变uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来collar项圈,衣领,领子,颈圈corral畜栏,围栏,畜舍,护栏descry探测,探测仪,探测到,探测到的discern识别,辨别,辨认,辨识distinguish辨别,区分,识别,辨认espy望见,望文生义,窥视,望风expose揭发,揭露,暴露,揭穿observe观察,遵守,观察一下,观测perceive觉察到,觉察到的,感觉到,察觉到pinpoint准确定位,准确地指出,准确地指出来recognize确认,认识,认识到,认可sight视线,视觉,视力,看见了arrive at到达,抵达,达成,达到bring to light揭晓,揭开真相,揭揭真相吧bump into撞见,碰见,撞到,冲撞come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的come up with想出,想出了,想出的,提出的come upon碰上了,碰上,遇到了,遇到dig up挖出,挖开,挖掘,挖空fall in with投靠,倾心于,倾心于此,归附ferret out查获,查获了,查到的,查获的happen upon偶遇,碰上了,碰上,偶见hit upon中意,中了,碰上了,触及到lay fingers on扪心自问,拈花惹草,拨弄,揾食light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明make out辨认,辨别,辨识,辨别是非run across跑过,穿过,横穿,横跨run into碰上,碰见,碰到,遇到scare up惊吓,吓唬人,吓跑,吓跑了smoke out烟消云散,烟灭,排烟,烟雾散去stumble upon撞见,偶然发现,绊倒在地,绊倒track down追查,追踪调查,追踪了解,追寻trip on走在路上,走在,走上,走吧

Examples

  • Few of those who say they are “probably” going to vote for one candidate say there is a “chance” they would vote for the other candidate, suggesting that some of these “swing” voters may not vote on Election Day, the pollsters said.

  • In Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court voted on a strict party line, with the court’s two Republicans partially dissenting, writing in a separate opinion that the Green Party ticket should have been given a chance to fix its paperwork.

  • The news was bleak—Paul would need a kidney transplant if he had any chance of living a long life.

  • Clearly, some state polls missed the mark in 2016, leading forecasts to assume he had less of a chance of winning than he did.

  • When the NHL playoffs began, the bookmakers didn’t give the Dallas Stars much of a chance to win the Stanley Cup.

  • With chemotherapy, her doctors give her at least an 80 percent chance of survival.

  • At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.

  • Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?

  • Do those things," he said,  "and you'll have half a chance of being successful.

  • Heinold's First and Last Chance, Oakland (Jack London, Taft) You can thank Johnny Heinold for your favorite Jack London book.

  • If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.

  • Instead of giving you a chance to say, "He has made a mistake," he forced you to say, "He has shown how to get out of a mistake."

  • Few of us there are who would not gladly read and speak several more languages if we had the chance of doing so.

  • In running over many words, the intellect might be arrested by chance.

  • But it was my only chance then; or rather I had seen enough of business to avoid making mistakes when I could.

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