accidental

[.æksi'dentl]

adj. 意外的, 偶然的, 附属的
n. 偶然, 不重要的东西, <音>变调的临时符号

a.

1. 偶然的; 意外的

Breaking the vase was purely accidental; she did not mean to do it.

打碎花瓶纯粹是偶然失手; 她无意弄坏它。

2. 非主要的; 附属的; 附带的

accidental benefits

附带优惠

3. 【音】临时符号的

n.

1. 非主要的特性, 次要方面

2. 【音】临时符号[C]

词形变化

副词: accidentally |

词义辨析

同义:

a.计划外的, 意料外的, 随意的

unintentional  unintended  unpremeditated  unplanned  undesigned  unwitting  unthinking  unexpected  unforeseen  unanticipated  unlooked-for  chance  fortuitous  serendipitous  random  stray  haphazard  casual  freak  fluky  inadvertent

a.额外的, 不必要的, 可有可无的

nonessential  unessential  inessential  incidental  extraneous  extrinsic  external  adventitious  circumstantial  contingent  dependent  conditional  provisional  irrelevant  beside the point  parenthetical  by-the-way  

同义参见:

aimless  

反义:

a.偶然的; 附属的

planned  intentional  voluntary  purposed  

反义参见:

designed  

英英释义

名词 accidental:

a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

形容词 accidental:

associated by chance and not an integral part

同义词：adventitious

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

同义词：casual, chance

without intention (especially resulting from heedless action)

同义词：inadvertent

补充

accidentalaccidental英:[ˌæksiˈdentl] 美:[ˌæksɪˈdɛntl]adj.1.意外的; 偶然(发生)的Our meeting in New York was quite accidental.我们在纽约的会见完全是偶然的。

例句

1. The fire was purely accidental.这场火灾纯粹是意外发生的。 2. He died from a suspected accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.他被怀疑是因为意外服用过量安眠药而去世的。 3. After 1976 such accidental advantages ceased to apply.1976年以后, 这种非主要优势就不适用了。 4. a verdict of accidental death.意外死亡裁决。 5. the damage might have been accidental.损害可能是意外造成的。 6. the location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem.地点是非主要的，对诗没有什么影响。 7. Police do not know if the explosion was accidental or caused by a bomb.警方不知道爆炸是意外的还是由炸弹引起的。 8. She accidentally took the key to the office home with her, so nobody could get in.她无意中把办公室钥匙带了回家，弄得谁也进不去。 9. an accidental discovery of oil偶然发现石油 10. The timing of the announcement was purely accidental.那份声明的发布时间完全是随机选定的。 11. an accidental shooting意外枪击 12. The death was ruled accidental.那起死亡被定性为意外事件。 13. He accidentally deleted the file.他不小心删除了那份文件。 14. The lock prevents the gate from opening accidentally.这把锁能防止大门意外打开。 15. Did it happen accidentally [=by accident] or intentionally?那是个意外还是有人故意这么做的？ 16. He bumped into her accidentally on purpose. [=he bumped into her on purpose but he tried to make it appear to be an accident]他假装偶然遇到了她。