peradventure
英 [,p(ə)rəd'ventʃə; pɜːr-]
美 ['pɝrəd,vɛntʃɚ]
英文词源
- peradventure (adv.)
- 1620s, from Middle English peraventure (mid-15c.), from per auenture (late 13c.), from Old French par aventure (see adventure). Refashioned as though from Latin.
双语例句
- 1. If peradventure you fail.
- 万一你失败了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. That worthy had his future fixed for him beyond a peradventure.
- 无疑,这位可敬的先生将做的事,造物主早就安排好了.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. Peradventure, hadst thou met earlier with a better love than mine, this evil had not been.
- 如果你早些得到强过于我的爱, 这件邪恶就不会发生了.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 4. Balfours of shaws: an ancient, honest, reputable house , peradventure in these latter days decayed.
- 省府的巴尔福: 一个古老的 、 正直的, 可敬的家庭, 恐怕是在最近才没落下来的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time.
- 大家也许会认为再也没有这样的机会了.
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