单词 | accident |
释义 | accident¹ 1.(crash)事故;交通事故 She was involved in a serious car accident.她遭遇了严重的车祸。 The train driver failed to brake in time, according to the official report into the accident.根据对此事故进行的官方调查, 火车司机未能及时制动。 Six passengers were killed in the accident.六名乘客在这场事故中丧生。 a road accident公路交通事故 Ella nearly died in a road accident.埃拉差点在一场公路交通事故中丧命。 to have an accident遭遇(交通)事故 He didn't have one accident in 20 years of driving.他驾车20年来一次事故也没出过。 2.(mishap)(不幸的)意外遭遇;不测事件;事故 5000 people die every year because of accidents in the home.每年有5,000人因家中发生的意外而丧生。 He drowned in a boating accident last year.他去年因船只事故溺水身亡。 to have an accident遭遇事故(或意外) He had an accident at work and cut his finger.他上班时出了事故, 割破了手指。 3.(chance occurrence)意外事件;意外因素;偶然事件 This is not an accident. This is not a fluke.这既非偶然, 也非侥幸。 an accident of nature自然界的意外 Almost like an accident of nature, this family has produced more talents than seems possible.真像是一个自然界的意外, 虽然似乎不大可能, 但是这家人中确实出了这么多的能人。 4.【逻,哲】(attribute)非主要特性;次要方面 5.【哲】(property)偶有属性 6.【地质】(表面或结构上的)不规则;褶皱;不平 7.an accident waiting to happen必然会发生的事故;迟早会发生的意外 A lot of the city's older buildings are accidents waiting to happen.城里的许多老建筑迟早都会出问题。 Children treat the road as a playground. It's an accident waiting to happen.孩子们拿马路当运动场, 这样迟早会出事儿。 8.by accident (not deliberately)无意地 He knocked over the jug by accident.他无意中碰倒了罐子。 The burglar killed him by accident.入室窃贼失手杀死了他。 (by chance)偶然地;意外地 I only came to Liverpool by accident.我只是偶尔来利物浦一次。 She discovered the problem by accident.她意外发现了这个问题。 9.it's no accident that ...…绝非偶然;…绝非巧合 It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.电视上警匪片热播, 而与此同时西部片渐少, 这绝非偶然。 It was no accident that I chose Carol – we come from the same part of the country.我选择了卡萝尔, 这绝非偶然——我们是老乡。 accident²+ figures, statistics公路交通事故的 The new drink-driving campaign comes after a rise in accident figures.随着公路交通事故数量的上升, 人们发起了新一轮反对酒驾的运动。 |
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