chance

• n. 機會，際遇；運氣，僥幸；可能性
• vt. 偶然發生；冒……的險
• vi. 碰巧；偶然被發現
• n. (Chance)人名；(英)錢斯

來自拉丁詞cadens, 掉落，詞源同case, accident. 即偶發事件。

chance

chance: [13] Like the related case, chance originally meant ‘that which befalls (by accident, also a relative)’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, a descendant of Latin cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence and cadenza). This passed into Old French as cheoir, whose noun derivatives included cheoite (source of English chute) and cheance, acquired by English via Anglo-Norman chaunce.
=> accident, cadence, case, chute

chance (v.)

late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.

chance (n.)

c. 1300, "something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence" (good or bad, but more often bad), from Old French cheance "accident, chance, fortune, luck, situation, the falling of dice" (12c., Modern French chance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia "that which falls out," a term used in dice, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)).

In English frequently in plural, chances. The word's notions of "opportunity" and "randomness" are as old as the record of it in English and now all but crowd out the word's original notion of "mere occurrence." Main chance "thing of most importance" is from 1570s, bearing the older sense. The mathematical (and hence odds-making) sense is attested from 1778. To stand a chance (or not) is from 1796.

To take (one's) chances "accept what happens" (early 14c.) is from the old, neutral sense; to take a chance/take chances is originally (by 1814) "participate in a raffle or lottery or game;" extended sense of "take a risk" is by 1826.

1. They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.

他們在大學偶遇，最後結了婚。

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2. If cancers are spotted early there'sa high chance of survival.

如果癌症在早期發現的話，存活的幾率會很高。

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3. He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.

他沒有機會更深入地了解波蘭。

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4. He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.

他幾乎肯定失去了今冬去印度旅行的機會。

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5. There is a chance of sunny spells in the West.

西部可能會有一段天氣晴朗的日子。

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