off-chance
- n.侥幸;不大会有的机会
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He had taken a flight to Paris on the off-chance that he might be able to meet Francesca .
他搭飞机去了巴黎,心想着或许能遇到弗朗西丝卡。
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He went to the party on the off-chance that his friends would be there .
他去参加聚会,希望在那里能看到他的朋友们。
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This would be the off-chance to get Lilly to notice me .
这会是让莉莉注意我的千载难逢的好机会!
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He collected an enormous amount of information on the off-chance that he might later have a use for it .
他收集了大量资料,心想说不定日后可能会用上。
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We did not make an appointment , but as we were passing we called on the off-chance that he might be able to see us .
我们没有与他约定,但是既然路过这里,就抱着侥幸心理,也许他能接见我们。
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you could buy to make a very large number of your own salad dressings , in the off-chance that none of the 175 the store has on offer suit you .
如果碰巧那175种色拉酱都不和你的口味,你就可以用它们调出另一大批你自己的色拉酱。
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To do this , the company withdrew millions of bottles and replace millions more without cost to the customer , on the off-chance that other bottles might be poisoned .
为此,公司收回了数以万计的止痛药,此外,为避免其他药片也有万分之一被污染的可能,还免费为消费者替换了数百万盒的药片。