perchance

常见例句

"Perchance, " said Mr. Dimmesdale, "he earnestly desired it, but could not."
“也可能，”丁梅斯代尔先生说，“他诚心诚意地切望如此，但他办不到。”
Take heed how thou deniest to him-who, perchance, hath not the courage to grasp it for himself- the bitter, but wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips!
现在呈献到你唇边的那杯辛辣而有益的苦酒，那人或许缺乏勇气去接过来端给自己，可我要提请你注意，不要阻止他去接受吧！
But sometimes, once in many days, or perchance in many months, she felt an eye- a human eye- upon the ignominious brand, that seemed to give a momentary relief, as if half of her agony were shared.
但也有时候——好多天有这么一次，或者要好几个月才有这么一次，她会感到一双眼睛——一双人类的眼睛望着她那耻辱的印记，似乎能给她片刻的宽慰，象是分担了她的一半痛苦。

He only had one argument not to kill himself: "To sleep, perchance to dream, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil might give us pause."
他只有一个不自杀的理由：,“入睡，偶尔作梦，因为在沉睡中，什么梦都会出现,我们可以从中暂时摆脱尘世的烦恼”
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Or, perchance, we were delinquents before the British, and then they cured us.
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And what, perchance, can we expect in return for all that money?
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There had perchance been some pre-weeping, by him, in the woods.
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