1 N-COUNT 交通事故；车祸 An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage. 交通事故；车祸
SYN crash, smash, wreck, collision
2 N-COUNT （不幸的）意外遭遇，不测事件;事故 If someone has an accident, something unpleasant happens to them that was not intended, sometimes causing injury or death. （不幸的）意外遭遇，不测事件;事故
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5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home.
每年有5,000人死于家中的意外事故。
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The police say the killing of the young man was an accident.
警方说这个年轻人被杀是一个意外。
SYN misfortune, blow, disaster, tragedy
3 N-VAR [usu by N] 意外；偶然 If something happens by accident, it happens completely by chance. 意外；偶然
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She discovered the problem by accident.
她碰巧发现了这个问题。
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Almost like an accident of nature, this family has produced more talent than seems possible.
就像是天缘巧合，这个家族不可思议地人才辈出。
SYN chance, fortune, luck, fate
4 PHRASE [NOUN inflects, verb-link PHRASE] 可能发生意外的事物（或人） If you describe something or someone as an accident waiting to happen, you mean that they are likely to be a cause of danger in the future, for example because they are in poor condition or behave in an unpredictable way. 可能发生意外的事物（或人）
5 PHRASE [usually PHRASE that] 并非偶然;事出有因 You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance. 并非偶然;事出有因
Quotations
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families Charles Dickens David Copperfield
now and then there is a person born
who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents
which started out to happen to somebody else Don Marquis archys life of mehitabel
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | accident Also look up: |
| N. | casualty, mishap 2 chance 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use accident with: |
| N. | car accident 1 the cause of an accident 1 2 |
| ADJ. | bad accident, a tragic accident 1 2 |
| VERB. | cause an accident, insure against accident, killed in the accident, report an accident 1 2 |
| PREP. | without accident 2 by accident 3 |
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