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

• On the threshold she paused turned partly round for perchance the idea of entering alone and all so changed, the home of so intense a former life, was more dreary and desolate than even she could bear.
  她在门限处停下了脚步，还侧转了身体，或许，只身一人走进以往过着提心吊胆生活、如今已经面貌全非的家，连她都受不了那种阴森凄凉的劲头。
• Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him;
  某人也许病得如此之重，连丧钟为他而鸣都不知道；
• 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”
• 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。
• Take heed how thou deniest to him-who, perchance, hath not the courage to grasp it for himself-the bitter, but wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips!
  现在呈献到你唇边的那杯辛辣而有益的苦酒，那人或许缺乏勇气去接过来端给自己，可我要提请你注意，不要阻止他去接受吧！
• 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 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。
• "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？”
• 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。