understand 偶然碰巧;h
意外：jT
met her by chance (=without planning to丨 at
the airport. _我碰巧在机场遇 见她。◊ Chess is not a
game qf chance. H际象棋不呈靠
运气取胜的。◊ ft was pure chance that we were both there.我们俩当时都在场纯属巧合。◊败冱pkm everything very
care力iZZy andteave nothing to chance, 门 将非常周密地筹划一切，决不留任何纰漏。。O.note at luck IT1TO1 as .chance
would have it happening in a way that was lucky，although it was not
planned.凑 .巧；、碰巧：As chance would have
it, John was going to London too, so J went with him•赶巧约翰也去伦敦，所以
我跟他一A儿去了。be ,in w丨th a 'chance (of
doing sth) (BrE, informal) to
have the possibility of succeeding or achieving sth有可能成功；有机会获得：‘Do you think well
win?y 'I think weyre in with a chance/
为我们会获胜吗？” “我觉得有可能。” ◊故’sin with a good chance 〇/passing
the exam.他大有可能考试合格。
by 'any chance used especially in
questions, to ask whether sth is true, possible, etc. (_尤角于问句:，询问是
否真实、可能等）或许，可能：Are you in tove with
him, by any chance? ? the chances are
(that) ...
(informal) it is likely that ... 〇T ••• ： The chances are you won’t have to pay.你可能不甩付钱。’chance would be a
fine thing {BrE,
informal)
people say chance would be a fine thing to show that they would like to
do or have the thing that sb has mentioned, but that they do not think that it
is'very likely 苦于没有机会 give
sb/sth half a 'chance to give sb/sth some opportunity to do sth 给…一些机会：77iat dog vviH give you a nasty Mte, given hai/a
chance.只要一有机会，那条狗就会狠合
你一口。'no chance (/n/omw/) there is no
possibility 不 岢能：‘Do you thi’nfc do
ft?’‘Afo chance.’ “你认矢他 会命[这事吗？ ”“不可能。” on the'off chance
(that) because
of the possibility of sth happening, although it is unlikely 抱（一线）希望；碰碰运气：I didn’t think you'd be
at home but I just called by on the off chance. 我想你不会在家，只是碰碰运气顺路来看stand a 'chance (of
doing sth) to have the possibility of succeeding or achieving sth有可能成功；有机会获得：
The
driver didnY
stand a chance of stopping in time. ^ 机没有来得及刹车。take a ‘chance :(6n
sth) to
decide to do sth, knowing that it might be the wrong choice 冒险：We took a chance on
the weather and planned to have the party outside.我们怀着天气可能会好的侥幸心理
筹划到户外聚会。■ take youfchances to take a risk or to
use the opportunities that you have and hope that things will happen in the way
that you want 碰运气： He toofc his chances
and jumped into the water.他冒险©匕 进水里。一more at cat,
dog n., even adj., eye n., fat
adj., FIGHT V.,
SNOWBALL n., SPORTING
a verb 1
(informal) to risk sth, although
you know the result may not be successful 冒险.；拿…丟冒风险：[VN】 She was chancing her luck driving
without a licence. M 无照驾车，完全是在冒g。◊ Tafce an
umbreHa/Wo, HZ chance it (=
take the risk that it may rain)/ “带上伞 吧。” “不带，我就冒冒险吧。” 〇[V-ingH stayed hi’dden; J couWn’t
chance coming out.我躲了起来，木能 冒险出去。2 to happen or to do sth by chance
偶然发生；碰巧：[V to inf|
" I do chance to out where she is, in/orm you immediately.要是我真的碰 巧发现她的行踪，会立即通知你的。◊They chanced to
be staying at the same /iote_L 他们碰巧住在.(^1一家旅馆。◊ [V (that)] It
chanced (that) they were staying at the same hotel碰巧他们住在同一家旅馆。IT»!W1 ,chance your arm {BrE, informal) to take a risk
although you will probably fail 冒险一试；碰碰运气 chance
on/upon sb/sth {formal) to find or meet
sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance 偶然发现1;碰巧遇到：
One
day he chanced upon Emma's diary and began readings有一天他偶然发现了埃玛的日记，便开始读了
起来。
■
fldf/ [only before noun] not planned 意外的；偶然的；碰
巧的 CCT1 unplanned ： a chance
meeting/encounter
邂逅
chan-cel /'tjainsl;
NAmE 'tjaensl/ noun the part of a church
near the altar, where the
priests and the choir (=
singers) sit during services (教堂的）.祭.坛，
圣所
315 change
chan-ceMery /'tXainsalari; NAmE 'tjaen-/ noun [pi -ies) 1 [C, usually sing.]
the place where a chancellor has his or her office 大臣（或<法官等）的官署 2 [sing.+sing./pl. v.]
the staff in the department of a chancellor 大臣..（或大
法官等）官署的全体工作人员
chan-ceMor (also Chan-cel-Ior) /'tXainsela^); NAmE .tJ'aens-/./?ot//7
(often used in a title 常用于头福^ 1 the head of
government in
chan-cer /'tjainsa^); NAmE 'tjaensar/ noun {BrE, informal) a person who is
always looking for opportunities to gain an advantage, even when they do not
deserve to do so投机者;钻空子的人
chan-cery
/'tjainsari;
NAmE 'tjaens-/ noun [sing.] 1 Chancery (/〇w 律）a division of the High
Court in Britain (美国）高#法院的大法官法庭2 (espedfl//y&£)
an office where public records are kept 公共档案 ti;.公 :共档案室 3
(also ’chancery
court) a
court in the US that decides legal cases based on the principle of equity (美国）衡平法院 4
the offices where the official representative of a country works, in another
country大使馆（或领事馆J办公处 chan-cre /'XaBr)k0(r)/ noun {medical |£) a sore area on
the body, which is not painful, especially one on the outer sex organs, caused
by disease 下推 chan*croid /'Jaeokroid/ noun [U] an infection that
is passed Irom one person to another during sexual activity, that causes
swelling in the groin 软下府 chancy /'tjarnsi; NAmE 'tjsensi/ adj. {informal) involving risks and uncertainty 清风险如；不确定的 crm
risky chan-de-lier /Jaend0'li9(r); NAmE -'lir/ noun a large round frame
with branches that hold lights or candles.
Chandeliers are decorated with many small pieces of glass and hang
from the ceiling.枝播帛灯
chand.ler /tja:ndla(r);
NAmE 'tjaend-/ (also ship^ chandler) noun a person or
shop/store that sells equip- ment for ships船用杂货商（或杂食店) change
ItSemd^l
verb, noun m verb
►
BECOME/MAKE D丨FFERENT
(使）变化 1 [V] to become different 改变;.变化：Rick hasn’t changed.
He looks exactZy
the same as he did at schoo乙里克—点儿没变，他
和上学时一模一样。◊ changing attitudes towards
e^uca- tio/i不断变化的对教育的看法◊ Her h/e
changed compZetdy when she won the lottery•买彩票中奖后她的
生活完全变了。2 [VN]
to
make sb/sth different 使不同： Fame hadn’t reaHy
changed him.名声并没有使他養丝毫
改变。◊ Computers have
changed the peopfe work. 计算机改变了人的工作方式。3 ~ (sb/sth) (from A)
to/into B to pass or make sb/sth pass from one state or form into another (使）变换，改换，变成：[V] CaterpiHars
change into butterflies.毛虫变成蝴蝶。◊ Wait for
the traffic lights to change.
色。◊ TTie 〖ights changed _/h)/n
red to green•交通灯已垚 .红'变绿。◊ [VN] Wit/i a wave 〇/ her magic wand, she changed the frog
into a handsome prince. MSIt- 把青蛙变成了英俊的王子。4 [VN] to stop
having one state, position or direction and start having another 转 换；变更：Leaves change co〖our in autumn.树叶在秋天
改变颜色。◊ The wind has changed direction.成向 B经 奐了。◊ Our ship changed course.我们的船改变了航向p
REPLACE
代替 5 [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) | 〜sth (to sth) to replace one thing, person,
service, etc. with sth new or different 替代；会换；更换：J want to change my