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

• Interpreting Hester Prynne's deportment as an appeal of this nature, society was inclined to show its former victim a more benign countenance than she cared to be favoured with, or, perchance, than she deserved.
  由于社会把海丝特白兰的举止解释成这类性质的吁请，因此反倒宁可对其原先的牺牲品，显示出一种比她所乐于接受的、或者说比她实际应得的更加宽厚的态度。
• To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
  去睡：也许会做梦吧？这就不妙了；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So far as concerns the overthrow or preservation of his fair fame and his earthly state, and perchance his life, he is in thy hands.
  至于他的良好的名声和他在世间的地位，或许还有他的生命，予取予夺都在你的掌握之中。
• 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；
• Design and analysis of government perchance platform based on multi-agent system
  基于MAS的政府采购平台设计与分析
• The secret to his never-ending energy, perchance?
  这可能是他永不停止的能量秘密？
• 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？