2N-COUNT (不幸的)意外遭遇,不测事件;事故 If someone has an accident, something unpleasant happens to them that was not intended, sometimes causing injury or death. (不幸的)意外遭遇,不测事件;事故
5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home.
每年有5,000人死于家中的意外事故。
The police say the killing of the young man was an accident.
4PHRASE [NOUN inflects, verb-link PHRASE]可能发生意外的事物(或人) If you describe something or someone as an accident waiting to happen, you mean that they are likely to be a cause of danger in the future, for example because they are in poor condition or behave in an unpredictable way. 可能发生意外的事物(或人)
A lot of the city's buildings are accidents waiting to happen.
该城市中许多楼房都存在事故隐患。
5PHRASE [usually PHRASE that]并非偶然;事出有因 You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance. 并非偶然;事出有因
It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.
警匪剧在电视上盛行之时恰好是西部片衰退之际,这并非偶然。
Quotations
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated familiesCharles DickensDavid Copperfield
now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody elseDon Marquisarchys life of mehitabel
1unexpected event that causes damage/injury事故ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACCIDENT | ACCIDENT + VERB | ACCIDENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bad, dreadful, horrible, horrific, major, nasty, serious, terrible, tragic, unfortunate嚴重的事故;可怕的事故;重大事故;駭人的事故;悲慘的事故;不幸的事故▸➤deadly, fatal致命的事故◇a fatal road accident一起致命的道路交通事故➤minor, slight, small小事故;輕微事故▸➤bizarre, freak奇怪的/反常的事故◇Their boat sank in a freak accident.他們的船在一起反常的意外事故中沉沒了。➤hit-and-run(汽車駕駛員等)肇事逃逸事故▸➤industrial, nuclear工業事故;核事故▸➤auto, automobile, bike, car, highway, motor, motorbike, motorcycle, motor-vehicle, road, traffic車禍;自行車事故;汽車事故;公路事故;機動車事故;摩托車事故;道路交通事故◇The woman was involved in a road traffic accident. (BrE) 這名婦女捲入了一起道路交通事故中。➤aircraft, airplane, plane (especially NAmE) 飛行事故➤boating, climbing, hunting, riding, skiing划船/登山/狩獵/墜馬/滑雪事故VERB + ACCIDENT➤be involved in, have, meet with, suffer牽涉進事故中;發生事故;遇到事故;遭遇事故◇She met with an accident while skiing in Colorado.她在科羅拉多州滑雪時出了一起事故。➤cause引起事故▸➤avoid, prevent避免/防止事故▸➤survive在事故中幸存下來▸➤recover from從事故中康復ACCIDENT + VERB➤happen, occur, take place事故發生ACCIDENT + NOUN➤black spot (BrE) 事故多發地段▸➤victim事故受害者➤prevention事故的預防➤investigation, report事故的調查/報道▸➤rate, statistics事故發生率/統計數字PREPOSITION➤in an/the accident在事故中PHRASES➤an accident involving涉及⋯的事故◇He was badly hurt in an accident involving two cars and a van.他在一起兩輛汽車和一輛貨車相撞的事故中受了重傷。➤an accident waiting to happen (= a situation which is likely to become dangerous)可能發生的事故➤the scene of the accident事故現場◇The ambulance took only six minutes to reach the scene of the accident.救護車只用了 6 分鐘就趕到了事故現場。accident
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2sth not planned in advance出乎意料之事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤mere, pure, sheer純屬意外;純屬偶然◇By pure accident he had come across the very man who could solve the mystery.他碰巧遇到了那個能夠解開這一謎團的人。➤happy意外的驚喜▸➤historical歷史的偶然PREPOSITION➤by accident偶然◇We met by accident at the airport.我們在機場偶然相遇。PHRASES➤an accident of birth (especially BrE) 出生的偶然▸➤an accident of history歷史的偶然◇It's just an accident of history that the city became part of the Soviet Union.這座城市歸屬蘇聯純屬歷史的偶然。➤be no accident that...⋯絕非偶然◇It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs.大多數高級職位都由男性擔任絕非偶然。➤by accident or design出於偶然或是預先計劃◇It happened, whether by accident or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave.不知是偶然還是事先安排,史蒂夫和我是最後離開的兩個人。
accident noun ⇨accident (a road accident)⇨luck (an accident of fate)accident
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accident ♦︎ crash ♦︎ collision ♦︎ wreck ♦︎ mishap ♦︎ pile-upThese are all words for an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage.这些词均表示不测事件,尤指交通事故。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in an accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a pile-up◆a serious accident / crash / collision / wreck / mishap◆a major accident / crash / collision / wreck / pile-up◆a minor accident / collision◆a slight / little accident / mishap◆a car / train accident / crash / wreck◆a plane crash / wreck◆a head-on crash / collision◆to have an accident / a collision / a mishap◆to cause an accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a pile-up◆an accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a mishap / a pile-up happens / occurs■accident [countable] an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage不测事件;(尤指)交通事故◆a road / traffic accident公路/交通事故◆a climbing / riding accident登山事故;骑马意外事件◆It's Dad. He's had an accident at work.是爸爸-他工作时发生了意外。◆I didn't mean to break it-it was an accident.我不是故意打碎它的,那是个意外。◆It is the first fatal accident(= in which sb is killed) to have occurred at the factory.这是这家工厂发生的首例死亡事故。▸accidental
◆As I turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。OPPdeliberately ⇨ deliberate■crash [countable] an accident in which a vehicle hits sth, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers(交通工具)碰撞事故;撞车◆A girl was killed in a crash involving a stolen car.一女孩在一桩涉及窃车的撞车事故中丧生。 see also crash ⇨ crashverb■collision kəˈlɪʒn [countable] an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other碰撞,相撞(事故)◆Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.斯图尔特与另一选手相撞,受了伤。◆His car was in collision with a motorbike.他的车和一辆摩托车撞上了。 see also collide ⇨ crashverb■wreck [countable] (NAmE) a crash(交通工具)碰撞事故;撞车◆The wreck occurred at milepost 534, just west of Greenup, Kentucky.撞车发生在肯塔基州格里纳普以西里程标534处。 see also wreck ⇨ crashverb■mishap ˈmɪshæp [countable, uncountable] (ratherformal) a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results小事故;霉头◆I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.很遗憾,你儿子在操场上出了点事儿。◆I managed to get home without further mishap.到家前,我总算没再出事。■ˈpile-up [countable] (ratherinformal, especially journalism尤用于新闻) a road accident involving several vehicles crashing into each other连环车祸;连续撞车◆Three people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.有三人死于冰雾中发生的连环车祸。