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

• And if perchance, Faith's light is dim, because the oil is low
  假若信心之光，因灯油将尽而暗淡
• 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”
• 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。
• "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？”
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Perchance the reader might recognize these two men, if he were to see them closer at hand.
  读者如果在比较近的地方去看这两个人，那可能是认识他们的。