Word · Frequency #617
chancing
冒险；碰运气
chancing is the present participle of chance.
to try or risk something
- 1.
To try or risk.
尝试或冒险
- 2.
To discover something by chance.
偶然发现某事
偶然发现；碰巧遇到；尝试或冒险；偶然发现某事；偶然发生；冒险
In use
She chanced to meet her old friend at the market.
He chanced a quick glance at the document.
They are chancing everything on this deal.
Verb forms
base chance · third person chances · -ing chancing · past chanced · past participle chanced
及物动词，意为冒险做某事。
Connections
Collocations
- chance upon
- 偶然发现；无意中遇到
- I chanced upon an old letter while cleaning the attic.我打扫阁楼时偶然发现了一封旧信。
- chance it
- 碰碰运气；冒险一试
- The road might be blocked, but we'll chance it.路可能会堵，但我们还是要碰碰运气。
- chance a glance
- 冒险看一眼；偷瞄一眼
- She chanced a glance at the clock during the exam.考试时她冒险偷偷看了一眼钟。
- chance one's arm
- 冒险一试；孤注一掷
- He chanced his arm by asking his boss for a raise.他冒险一试，向老板要求加薪。
- chance the weather
- 冒着天气不好的风险；不顾天气风险
- We chanced the weather and went for a picnic.我们不顾天气风险，还是去野餐了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把chance的尾巴c换成g就是change（改变）：动词chance是冒险/碰运气，冒险常带来改变，也可能碰巧发现。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative 作动词时，chance 多用于正式或文学语境，表示“冒险做某事”或“偶然发现/碰巧遇到”（常接 on/upon/along）。日常口语中更常用 risk、try 或 come across 等表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
In General American, chance /tʃæns/ rhymes with dance /dæns/, glance /ɡlæns/, advance /ədˈvæns/, enhance /ɪnˈhæns/, and trance /træns/ — they all end in /-æns/. Warning: change /tʃeɪndʒ/ looks similar because it starts with 'chan', but it sounds completely different and does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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