coincidence /koʊˈɪnsədəns/ noun plural coincidences
plural coincidences
Learner's definition of COINCIDENCE
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: a situation in which events happen at the same time in a way that is not planned or expected巧合；巧事 [noncount]
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It was mere/pure/sheer coincidence that brought them together so far from Chicago.他们从芝加哥那么遥远的地方来相聚，纯粹是个巧合。
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By coincidence, every man in the room was named Fred.巧得很，房间里的人都叫弗雷德。
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Our meeting happened by coincidence. [=by chance]我们碰巧遇上了。
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“I'm going to Boston this weekend.” “What a coincidence! I am too.”“我这个周末要去波士顿。”“真巧啊！我也要去。”
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It was no coincidence that he quit his job at the bank a day after the robbery.抢劫案发生后的第二天他就辞去了银行的工作，这绝非偶然。
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a series of strange coincidences一连串奇怪的巧合
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By a fortunate/happy coincidence, we arrived at the theater at the same time.我们在同一时间到达剧院，真是个令人惊喜的巧合。
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[singular] formal : the occurrence of two or more things at the same time同时发生 3
[singular] formal : the state of two or more things being the same相同；相符；一致—
often + of