accidentally on purpose
If you do somethingaccidentallyonpurpose, you do itintentionallybutpretendithappenedbychance:
明明故意却装出无心的样子；假装不是故意地I've neverlikedtheseglassesof Peter's. I mightdropthem oneday-accidentallyonpurpose.我从来就不喜欢彼得的这副眼镜，或许什么时候我会假装无意把它给摔了。
Accidents and disasters
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accidents will happenidiom
- an accident waiting to happenidiom
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- cataclysmic
- cataclysmically
- catastrophe
- catastrophic
- disastrous
- disastrously
- dumpster fire
- emergency
- forest fire
- natural disaster
- non-emergency
- perfect storm
- post-accident
- snafu
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Planning, expecting and arranging
Examplesofaccidentally on purpose
accidentally on purpose
All that it requires—as could happen—is for one microphone to be left open accidentally, oraccidentallyonpurpose, and the whole system is aborted.
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Examples include controlled chaos, open secret, organized mess, alone in a crowd, andaccidentallyonpurpose.
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