perchance

英 [pəˈtʃɑːns]

美 [pərˈtʃæns]

adv.  也许; 可能

过去式：perchanced　

BNC.36366 / COCA.31828

牛津词典

adv.

• 也许；可能
  perhaps

柯林斯词典

• 可能；也许
  Perchancemeansperhaps.

双语例句

• To see what kind of earth that is on which you have a house and garden somewhere, perchance!
  或许，你竟能看看那在上面某处建房和花园的地球是个什么东西！
• The customs of some savage nations might, perchance, be profitably imitated by us, for they at least go through the semblance of casting their slough annually;
  也许有些野蛮国家的风俗，值得我们学一学，大有益处，因为他们至少还仿佛每年要蜕一次皮；
• The mason who finishes the cornice of the palace returns at night perchance to a hut not so good as a wigwam.
  完成了皇宫上的飞檐，入晚回家的石工，大约是回到一个比尖屋还不如的草棚里。
• Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry thee away?
  该不是门外有个巨人要把你抓走吧？
• To sleep& perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub!
  酣然睡去&也许会做梦；唉，那也是一种磨难！
• Then, there alone in the darkness, trembling with cold and with something else, too, perchance, he meditated.
  他独自一人立在那里，立在黑暗中，感到冷不可耐，也许还因别的事而浑身战栗，他又寻思起来。
• He remained there until daylight, in the same attitude, bent double over that bed, prostrate beneath the enormity of fate, crushed, perchance, alas!
  他用同样的姿势呆到天明，在床上，上身扑在两膝上，被巨大的命运所压服，也许被压垮了，唉！
• They will slink back to their kennels in disgrace, or perchance run wild and strike a league with the wolf and the fox.
  它们丢脸地偷偷溜进他们的狗棚，也许变得狂野起来，和狼或狐狸赛了个三英里的跑。
• The secret to his never-ending energy, perchance?
  这可能是他永不停止的能量秘密？
• Take heed how thou deniest to him-who, perchance, hath not the courage to grasp it for himself-the bitter, but wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips!
  现在呈献到你唇边的那杯辛辣而有益的苦酒，那人或许缺乏勇气去接过来端给自己，可我要提请你注意，不要阻止他去接受吧！