by accident 详细解释

by accident

偶然

偶然

He met Tom by accident.

他偶然遇到汤姆。

词义辨析

反义:

ad.偶然地; 意外地

on purpose  

反义参见:

by design  

补充

by accidentby accident1.偶然地He made this mistake by accident.他犯这个错误纯属偶然。

例句

1. 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。 2. 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。 3. He knocked over the jug by accident.他无意中碰倒了罐子。 4. The burglar killed him by accident.入室窃贼失手杀死了他。 5. I only came to Liverpool by accident.我只是偶尔来利物浦一次。 6. She discovered the problem by accident.她意外发现了这个问题。 7. They met by accident. [=by chance]他们碰巧遇上了。 8. She says that she became pregnant by accident. [=unintentionally]她说她意外怀孕了。 9. 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。 10. Did it happen by accident [=accidentally] or by design?这件事是意外还是事先设计好的?