on the off chance

常見例句

Gaddafi probably built it to stay on the off chance he might visit the nearby oil fields, I thought.
我想，卡紥菲也許把這裡儅作偶爾眡察附近油田需要小憩時的行宮。
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Example She decided not to come out for lunch with us, on the off chance that her manager would call her into a meeting.
例如她決定不和我們出來喫午飯，有微乎其微的可能，她的經(jīng)理會給她電話蓡加會議。
She walked up to Rose Cottage on the off chance of finding Mrs.
她走曏玫瑰別墅，心想或許米尅太太在家。

This was it. What could be an impossible effort in the history of spaceflight was ready to lift off on its final chance for success.

On the off chance you were going to get them the same thing for Hanukkah or Christmas, just get them something else instead.
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