- peradventure
- [,pərəd'ventʃə, 'pə:rəd,v-]
- n. 疑惑;偶然之事
adv. 或者,可能;偶然
参考例子
- 1.Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- 假若那城里有五十个义人,你还剿灭那地方吗?不为城里这五十个义人饶恕其中的人吗?
- 2.And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
- 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲死了,就说,或者约瑟怀恨我们,照着我们从前待他一切的恶足足地报复我们。
- 3.Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.
- 犹大心里说,恐怕示拉也死,像他两个哥哥一样,就对他儿妇他玛说,你去,在你父亲家里守寡,等我儿子示拉长大。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
- 2.by chance
网络释义
- peradventure
- 或者; 偶然之事; 疑问怀疑;
- if peradventure
- 要是;
- beyond peradventure
- 无疑地,毫无问题地; 无疑; 毫无疑问;
- peradventure unawares
- 不料;
- or peradventure possibly
- 或者;