English Dictionary

chance

IPA（発音記号）

/t͡ʃæns/

動詞

古語 自動詞 他動詞 ベリーズ英語

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur. / (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to. / To try or risk. / To discover something by chance. / (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

日本語の意味

偶然に起こる、発生する / 偶然に（何かが）降りかかる、起こりうる / 試みる、危険を冒す / 偶然に発見する / （Belize方言）騙す、詐欺にかける、だます

On foggy mornings, misadventures often chance more than we admit.

霧の立ちこめる朝には、思いがけない災難が私たちが認めるよりもよく起こる。

意味（1）

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.

It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.

意味（2）

(archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.

[…] while the King and Godwine sate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to slip with the one foote, and yet by good strength of his other leg, to recover himselfe without falling […]

意味（3）

To try or risk.

Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?

意味（4）

To discover something by chance.

I chanced on this letter.

意味（5）

(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.

chances （ present singular third-person ）

chancing （ participle present ）

chanced （ participle past ）

chanced （ past ）