
美:/'baɪ tʃæns/
意外地
偶然;意外地
He had met Mr. Maude by chance.
他偶然遇到了毛德先生
I saw the letter purely by chance.
我看见这封信纯属偶然。
Several years after they'd split up they met again by chance in Paris.
他们分手几年以后在巴黎又偶然相遇。
In this house nothing is there by chance: it is always the result of great deliberation.
在这房子里,没有什么东西是偶然的——总是非常仔细考虑后的结果。
I came here by chance and was just watching what was going on, when this girl came up to me.
我碰巧来到这里,正在看热闹,这时一个女孩向我走来。
Danielle was among the last to find out, and as often happens, too, she learned of it only by chance.
丹妮尔是最后一个才知道的人之一,而且同往常一样,她也只是偶然听到的。
|by accident;偶然;意外地
“by chance”是英语中常见的词组,表示“偶然地、意外地”,指某事的发生未经计划或刻意安排,而是出于巧合或运气。例如:“We met by chance at the café”(我们在咖啡馆偶遇)。
核心含义
“by chance”强调事件发生的随机性和不可预测性,常与无意识的动作或结果关联。例如牛津词典将其定义为“without intention; accidentally”(牛津学习者词典,2023)。
同义词与对比
近义词包括“accidentally”(意外地)、“unintentionally”(无意地),而反义词为“on purpose”(故意地)或“intentionally”(有意地)。例如剑桥词典指出,“by chance”与“coincidentally”(巧合地)语义相近,但后者更强调两件事同时发生的巧合性(剑桥词典,2023)。
典型用法
“The discovery was made by chance during an experiment.”(这一发现是在实验中偶然获得的)。
“If by chance you see him, tell him to call me.”(如果你碰巧见到他,让他联系我)。
“by chance”是一个英语短语,主要含义为“偶然地、意外地”,表示某事的发生未经计划或预料。以下是详细解释:
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