看绝望的主妇学高频短语:By any chance

By any chance: Used as a polite emphasis to a request or question; Spoken used to ask politely whether something is true; You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true; Used in enquiring about the possibility of something. As in Would you by any chance happen to know where the subway is from here?

中文释义：chance是“机会、可能性”的意思，“By any chance.”表达的是“有没有可能性”，在口语中用来询问是否有某种可能，意思是“或许，可能，万一”，一般都用用于问句，询问是否真实、可能。例句：Would you by any chance happen to know where the subway is from here?（你知道从这里到地铁怎么走吗?）