| 释义 |
accident /ˈæksɪdənt/► SEE ALLby accident(whether) by accident or designan accident/a disaster waiting to happen
●by ˈaccidentin a way that is not planned or organized 偶然；意外地◆We met by accident at the airport.
我们在机场不期而遇。◆Helen got into acting purely by accident.
海伦进入演艺界纯属偶然。●(whether) by ˌaccident or deˈsignif you say that sth happens by accident or design, you mean that you do not know if it has been planned or not （不论）出于无意还是有意◆Mary was wearing the same T-shirt as me — whether by accident or design, I never knew.
玛丽穿着一件和我一样的 T 恤衫，我不知道是无意还是有意的。●an ˌaccident/a diˌsaster waiting to ˈhappena thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave 早晚会出问题的事情（或人）；隐患◆For many months local residents had been complaining that the building was unsafe, and that it was an accident waiting to happen.几个月以来，当地居民一直在抱怨这栋楼很不安全，早晚会出事。 |