accident

['æksidənt]

n.事故, 意外, 偶然, 造化

n.

1. 事故; 灾祸[C]

He died in an automobile accident years ago.

他数年前死于车祸。

2. 意外事情; 偶然因素, 机遇[C][U]

The discovery was a happy accident.

这一发现出人意料, 令人高兴。

词形变化

名词复数：accidents

词义辨析

同义:

n.意外(事情); 灾祸

casualty  event  chance  mishap  

同义参见:

tragedy  catastrophe  calamity  disaster  occurrence  misfortune  misadventure  

英英释义

名词 accident:

a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause

同义词：fortuity, chance event

短语词组

by accident

1. 偶然

He met Tom by accident.

他偶然遇到汤姆。

by accident of

1. 凭着……的机遇

By accident of birth she was rich.

她有幸生于富裕人家。

without accident

1. 安然无恙地

The night passed without accident.

那一夜平安无事地过去了。

补充

accidentaccident英:[ˈæksidənt] 美:[ˈæksɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt]n.1.意外遭遇, 事故An awful accident has happened.发生了一起可怕的意外事故。2.机遇, 命运, 造化It was a lucky accident that we saw each other.你我邂逅相遇, 幸运之至。

例句

1. She was involved in a serious car accident.她遭遇了严重的车祸。 2. 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。 3. Six passengers were killed in the accident.六名乘客在这场事故中丧生。 4. Ella nearly died in a road accident.埃拉差点在一场公路交通事故中丧命。 5. 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。 6. 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。 7. He drowned in a boating accident last year.他去年因船只事故溺水身亡。 8. He had an accident at work and cut his finger.他上班时出了事故, 割破了手指。 9. This is not an accident. This is not a fluke.这既非偶然, 也非侥幸。 10. 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。 11. 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。 12. 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。 13. He knocked over the jug by accident.他无意中碰倒了罐子。 14. The burglar killed him by accident.入室窃贼失手杀死了他。 15. I only came to Liverpool by accident.我只是偶尔来利物浦一次。 16. She discovered the problem by accident.她意外发现了这个问题。 17. 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。 18. 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。 19. 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。 20. he had an accident at the factory.他在工厂出了意外事故。 21. [mass noun]if you are unable to work owing to accident or sickness.如果你由于意外或疾病而无法工作。 22. four people were killed in a road accident.四个人在一次道路交通事故中死亡。 23. the pregnancy was an accident.这次怀孕是个意外。 24. it is no accident that Manchester has produced more than its fair share of professional comics.曼彻斯特出了特别多的职业喜剧明星并非偶然。 25. I opened it by accident.我是碰巧把它打开的。 26. members belong to the House of Lords through hereditary right or accident of birth.成员因世袭或出生的造化而成为上议院议员。 27. problems like these should not occur, but accidents will happen.这类问题不应出现，但保不定会有意外的。 28. he was able to stop the train without accident.他能安全地停住火车。 29. a car accident车祸 30. a fatal accident (= when sb is killed)致命的意外 31. I didn't mean to kick you, it was an accident.我不是有心踢你，意外而已。 32. I knocked the vase over by accident as I was cleaning.我打扫卫生时不小心打翻了花瓶。 33. We got in a car accident. = We had a car accident.我们遭遇了车祸。 34. a traffic accident交通事故 35. a fatal accident死亡事故 36. a motorcycle accident摩托车事故 37. He was injured in an accident at work.他工作时出意外受了伤。 38. The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.这场事故的起因是她的汽车在冰上打滑。 39. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.调查员们还在努力确定事故的起因。 40. “I'm sorry that I broke the bowl.” “That's OK. It was just an accident.” = “That's OK. accidents will happen.”“对不起，我把碗打碎了。”“没关系。这只是个意外。” 41. My brother is the clumsiest person I know. He's just an accident waiting to happen.我弟弟简直笨透了。他就会惹祸。 42. Their meeting was an accident.他们的碰面纯属偶然。 43. It is just an accident that they arrived when they did.我们两拨人碰巧同时到了。 44. She says that her pregnancy was an accident.她说自己的怀孕是个意外。 45. His wealth is a mere accident of birth. [=he is wealthy only because he was born into a wealthy family]他之所以富有仅仅是因为他碰巧生在了有钱人家。 46. He says that no one is to blame for his illness. It was just an accident of nature. [=something that happened naturally]他说自己的病谁也不能怪，只是凑巧赶上了。 47. It is no accident that the assistant he hired is so good-looking. [=he deliberately chose a good-looking person to be his assistant]他雇了一个长得那么漂亮的助理绝不是偶然。 48. They met by accident. [=by chance]他们碰巧遇上了。 49. She says that she became pregnant by accident. [=unintentionally]她说她意外怀孕了。 50. Scientists discovered the vaccine almost/quite/entirely by accident.科学家们发现这种疫苗，几乎/实在/完全是个偶然。 51. Did it happen by accident [=accidentally] or by design?这件事是意外还是事先设计好的？