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 sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
  去睡：也许会做梦吧？这就不妙了；
• Or, perchance, his sensitive temperament was invigorated by the loud and piercing music, that swelled heavenward, and uplifted him on its ascending wave.
  或者，也许是，他的敏感的气质受到了那向天升腾并把他托着飞升的响亮而尖利的音乐的鼓舞。
• The soil where this dark miner was working had perchance shown indications that encouraged him.
  那是因为这个阴沉的矿工所挖掘的土地中刚好显露了鼓励他的一些迹象。
• Meanwhile, nevertheless, it was sad to think of the perchance mortal agony through which he must struggle towards his triumph.
  然而，一想到他为了赢得胜利而在挣扎中所经受的致命的折磨，同时又令人神伤。
• Yet perchance the first who came to this well have left some trace of their footsteps.
  第一个到这个湖边来的人们可能留下过他们的足迹。
• 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 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 stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.
  星星是黑夜的珠宝，或许它们比白天里的任何事物都更胜一筹。
• Nothing so fair, so pure, and at the same time so large, as a lake, perchance, lies on the surface of the earth.
  再没有什么像这一个躺卧在大地表面的湖沼这样美，这样纯洁，同时又这样大。
• "Did you?" Jaime settled on a camp stool." From the man himself, perchance?"
  “是听说吗？”詹姆找了张凳子坐下来，“恐怕是从他本人那里吧？”