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单词 accident
释义
accident
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/
us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
A2
somethingbadthathappensthat is notexpectedorintendedand that oftendamagessomething orinjuressomeone
意外;不测;事故
Joshhadan accident andspilledwaterall over hiswork.乔希不小心把作业上洒得都是水。
She wasinjuredinacar/roadaccident(= when onecarhitanother).她在一起车祸/交通事故中受伤了。
by accident
B1
withoutintendingto, or without beingintended
偶然地,意外地
Ideletedthefileby accident.我不小心删掉了那个文件。
Ifoundherletterby accident as I waslookingthrough myfiles.我在查看我的文档时,意外地发现了她的信。
More examples
  • I washardlyabletomovemyarmafter the accident.
  • Sheinjuredherspinein aridingaccident.
  • Did youleavehisnameout by accident or was itintentional?
  • It was an accident - I didn'tmeantobreakit,honestly.
  • Thecompanyrefusedtoacceptresponsibilityfor the accident.

Idioms

accidents will happen
an accident waiting to happen
have an accident
more by accident than design

Examplesofaccident

accident
Republicanism, in the sense of antimonarchism, was a product ofaccidentrather than design.
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For example, a funny or embarrassing incident, a frightening story,accidentor danger, or a time you got into trouble with your parents.
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There was little reference to any strategic planning foraccidentprevention.
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Drop-in centres for adolescents: planned to develop existing scheme to includeaccidentprevention.
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First, anaccident, possibly with one of the ovens, may have resulted in the conflagration.
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Two studies75,76 have found depression to be associated with recent deaths and accidents in near relatives.
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The trade unions had been strongly dissatisfied with the 1901 law in which compensation for accidents was to be paid by the employer.
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Originally, the principles of bioethics were a means for protecting human rights, but through a historicalaccident, bioethical principles came to be considered as fundamental.
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The majority are based around actual or fictitious events with a mildly anti-establishment character, often involving personal and physical threats or accidents.
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Some of the widows may have lost their husbands in mine accidents or because of occupational diseases.
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By sheeraccident, an empty trolley, nobody aboard, is starting to roll down a certain track.
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Later, about forty-five seconds in, you begin to hear two simultaneous lead voices, an arrangement gambit that also came about byaccident.
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For each of the matching criteria an index is constructed over the set of accidents.
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Furthermore, it is also known that the phonological correspondences established early in development are less vulnerable to neurologicalaccidentthan those established later.
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It is surely noaccidentthat this particular formulation, 'amor de lonh', has come to encapsulate the basic experience of 'courtly love'.
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Collocationswithaccident

accident

These are words often used in combination withaccident.

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accident investigator
Theaccidentinvestigatorobserved that unexpected events, such as user slips and mode errors, are commonly considered as human errors.
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accident of birth
It is no longer anaccidentofbirth.
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Hansard archive
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accident prevention
The reduction of home hazards was a frequent focus ofaccidentpreventionwork.
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