off-chance
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 Corpus
off-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
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off-chance
ˈoff-chance
, off chance noun
on the off-chance if you do something on the off-chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely:
I just came to see you on the off-chance that Pippa might be here.
ˈoff-chance
, off chance nounon the off-chance if you do something on the off-chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely: