On the off chance that someone's driving a car, maybe connected to the military.

某个开车的人只有微乎其微的可能会与军方有联系。

Why scrimp now on the off chance that they'll actually get in some place?

为什么现在要省吃俭用，指望他们真的能到达某个地方呢？

I didn’t really expect her to be at home. I just called on the off chance.

【chance】我并不指望她会在家，我只是打个电话试试。

This was on the off chance I was going to get to meet her. I thought she'd like this outfit.

这是我去见她的机会。我以为她会喜欢这套衣服。

But they ended up deciding not to have another encounter with the gunman, even on the off chance they could get their $150.

但最终他们还是胆怯了，决定再也不跟那个持枪的男人打交道，即便那样做有可能拿回那 150 美元。

You know, on the off chance that I get devoured by a mountain lion...I just wanted you to know that I love you. I've always loved you.

万一我在山里被狮子吃掉了，我只是想让你知道，我爱你。我一直都爱你。

We went to a gala on the off chance that she would be gracious enough to try one of our cupcakes and she did.

我们去晚会上碰运气希望玛莎能和蔼地尝一个我们做的小蛋糕 结果她的确尝了。

Although I had no symptoms, and had been vaccinated, each patient was assessed from behind masks and gloves, on the off chance I could be transmitting the virus.

尽管我没有任何症状，也接种过疫苗，但评估每个患者时都戴着口罩和手套，以防自己传播病毒。

Still, in our studies, people who made the least amount of money gained the greatest happiness from time-saving purchases (in the off chance they made them).

尽管如此，在我们的研究中，赚最少钱的人从节省时间的购买中获得了最大的幸福（如果他们有机会购买的话）。

And they designed and built the instruments to endure the flights to Uranus and Neptune just on the off chance that the mission would be approved for that long and that's what happened.

他们设计并制造了仪器来确保“旅行者”号能完成飞往天王星和海王星的飞行任务，同时希冀它能获批飞的更远，这也确实发生了。

Or a 16-year-old girl who built an algorithm to help detect whether a cancer is benign or malignant in the off chance that she can save her daddy's life because he has cancer.

或是一个 16 岁的女孩，她建立了一套运算系统来帮助测算癌症是良性的还是恶性的，抱着一丝希望能救她患癌症的父亲。

Okay, that's not really how the old saw goes, but on the off chance that you believed our little trick, you yourself were, however briefly, gullible - that is, " easily duped" .

好吧，这并不是老话所说的，但如果你相信我们的小把戏，那么你自己就很容易上当受骗——也就是说，“很容易受骗”。

On the off chance that none of the presidential candidates receives 270 votes, a simple majority vote is conducted in the House of Representatives with each delegation casting only one vote for one of the top three running candidates.

如果没有总统候选人获得 270 票，众议院将进行简单多数投票，每个代表团只给前三名候选人中的一人投一票。