1620s, from Middle English peraventure (mid-15c.), from per auenture (late 13c.), from Old French par aventure (see adventure). Refashioned as though from Latin.
雙語例句
1. If peradventure you fail.
萬一你失敗了.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. That worthy had his future fixed for him beyond a peradventure.
無疑,這位可敬的先生將做的事,造物主早就安排好了.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
3. Peradventure, hadst thou met earlier with a better love than mine, this evil had not been.
如果你早些得到強(qiáng)過于我的愛, 這件邪惡就不會(huì)發(fā)生了.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 紅字
4. Balfours of shaws: an ancient, honest, reputable house , peradventure in these latter days decayed.
省府的巴爾福: 一個(gè)古老的 、 正直的, 可敬的家庭, 恐怕是在最近才沒落下來的.
來自辭典例句
5. It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time.