chance(a)
n. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances"now is your chance"
同义词：opportunity
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another"we ran into each other by pure chance"
同义词：luckfortunehazard
a risk involving danger"you take a chance when you let her drive"
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible 同义词：probability
the possibility of future success 同义词：prospect
v. be the case by chance"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome 同义词：gambleriskhazardtake chancesadventurerun a risktake a chance
come upon, as if by accident; meet with"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
同义词：findhappenbumpencounter
adj.occurring or appearing or singled out by chance"a chance occurrence"
同义词：accidentalcasual