| 释义 |
accident noun 2sth not planned in advance 出乎意料之事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmere, pure, sheer 纯属意外；纯属偶然◆By pure accident he had come across the very man who could solve the mystery.他碰巧遇到了那个能够解开这一谜团的人。happy 意外的惊喜historical 历史的偶然PREPOSITIONby accident 偶然◆We met by accident at the airport.我们在机场偶然相遇。PHRASESan accident of birth (especially BrE) 出生的偶然an accident of history 历史的偶然◆It's just an accident of history that the city became part of the Soviet Union.这座城市归属苏联纯属历史的偶然。be no accident that... ⋯绝非偶然◆It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs.大多数高级职位都由男性担任绝非偶然。by accident or design 出于偶然或是预先计划◆It happened, whether by accident or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave.不知是偶然还是事先安排，史蒂夫和我是最后离开的两个人。 |