off-chance

基本解釋

Make small change to the code on the off-chance that it might solve the problem
對(duì)程序做一些小的改動(dòng)，盡管解決問(wèn)題的機(jī)會(huì)極小；
In my heart of hearts I realised that this had been the place, but still spent the next couple of hours peddling around on the off-chance that I was mistaken.
從直覺(jué)我知道就是這個(gè)地方了，但我還是在周?chē)T車(chē)找了兩個(gè)小時(shí)，希望是自己搞錯(cuò)了。
I thought, who logs on to a police website on the off-chance that there might be someone wanted that they might recognise?
我認(rèn)為，在警察網(wǎng)站上登錄的人極少機(jī)會(huì)能夠提供幫助給我們想要的那個(gè)人。

What we're watching: On the off-chance that you're not watching the big game and pre-game festivities, we decided not to take the day off on our listings.
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They will then be able to respond precisely, rather than slogging around on fruitless and demoralising patrols on the off-chance of catching a poacher up to no good.
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Atlantic City once had Young's Million-Dollar Pier, which became Hamid's Million-Dollar Pier: although gambling was never allowed there, the name encapsulated both brassy new entertainment and the off-chance of getting rich.
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If you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely.