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

• 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；
• He only had one argument not to kill himself: "To sleep, perchance to dream, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil might give us pause."
  他只有一个不自杀的理由：，“入睡，偶尔作梦，因为在沉睡中，什么梦都会出现，我们可以从中暂时摆脱尘世的烦恼”
• "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？”
• To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
  去睡：也许会做梦吧？这就不妙了；
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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！
• Perils of another sort and no less serious were awaiting them, perchance.
  另一种危险，也不见得小，在等待着他们。
• 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。