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perchance

/per-chans, -chahns/US // pərˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns //UK // (pəˈtʃɑːns) //

也许,可能,兴许,或许

Related Words

mayhap也许,可能,或许,或可perhaps也许,可能,可能是,也许是conceivable可想而知,可想而知的,可想象的,可设想的credible可信的,可信,可靠的,可信赖的feasible可行的,可行,可行性obtainable可获得,可获得的,可得到的,可获conceivably可想而知,可想而知的是,可以想象imaginably可想而知,可以想象,想象中的,可想而知的是

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
    • : Archaic. by chance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.maybe
Synonyms
mayhap也许,可能,或许,或可perhaps也许,可能,可能是,也许是as it may be就像它可能是,如其所言,如是者,就像它可以can be可以是,可以,可,会是conceivable可想而知,可想而知的,可想象的,可设想的conceivably可想而知,可想而知的是,可以想象could be可以是,可能是,可以,将是credible可信的,可信,可靠的,可信赖的feasible可行的,可行,可行性imaginably可想而知,可以想象,想象中的,可想而知的是it could be它可能是,这可能是,可能是,可以是might be可能是,也许是,或许是,可能obtainable可获得,可获得的,可得到的,可获weather permitting如果天气允许的话,如果天气允许

Examples

  • The tourist climbing tna, or Vesuvius' rugged side, puffs on though they perchance have long since ceased to smoke.

  • He always carries it about with him, and if perchance he gets out he is truly miserable.

  • Via, says Rex, meaning the road; communis is common; omnibus to all, meaning thereby—but perchance I weary you?

  • Richard felt—but perchance he was wrong—a quiver run through the Moslem; only for an instant, if at all.

  • I gasped for breath while he replied, lest I should perchance have to hear of further misfortune.

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