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ˈoff-chance, off chance noun on the off-chance CHANCE/BY CHANCEif you do something on the off-chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely 抱有一线希望 I just came to see you on the off-chance that Pippa might be here. 我来看你只是抱着一丝希望皮帕或许会在这儿。Examples from the Corpusoff-chance• There was no time to contact him, so I came on the off-chance.• I just came on the off-chance.• It was a long way to drive on the off-chance that something would come of it.• The card is too expensive on the off-chance I could get in an away game during the season.• I walked over to the wardrobe and opened the door just on the off-chance.• I rang Otto on the off-chance.ˈoff-chance nounChineseSyllable something you something if the that Corpus do off-chance on |