| 词组 | accident |
| 释义 | accident /ˈæksədənt, ˈæksɪdənt/ noun [C] a situation in which someone is injured or something is damagedadjectivesa bad/serious accident The road is closed after a serious accident. | A bad accident nearly cost him his life.a terrible/horrific/nasty accident Janet was badly hurt in a horrific accident a couple of years ago.a tragic accident Her son was killed in a tragic accident when he was only 21.a major accident News is coming in of a major rail accident.a minor accident His car was involved in a minor traffic accident. Don’t say a small accident.a fatal accident (=in which someone is killed) Police are at the scene of a fatal accident involving a lorry and a cyclist.a freak accident (=a very unusual accident) She was injured in a freak accident when she was struck by lightning.a hit-and-run accident (=an accident in which someone is hit by a driver who does not stop) Her son was killed in a hit-and-run accident.an industrial accident He injured his hand in an industrial accident when it was crushed by a machine.a nuclear accident There was a very serious nuclear accident in Fukushima.verbshave an accident He had an accident while cleaning his gun.be involved in an accident formal Two women were taken to hospital after their car was involved in an accident.be hurt/injured/killed etc in an accident Several coach passengers were injured in the accident.prevent an accident Steps have been taken to prevent a similar accident happening again.survive an accident She was lucky to survive the accident.an accident happens also an accident occurs formal No one saw the accident happen. | Many air accidents occur because of pilot error.nouns + accidenta car accident He was badly injured in a car accident.a road/traffic accident They were killed in a traffic accident in France.a rail accident/a train accident It was the country’s most serious rail accident.a plane accident/an air accident Holly died in a plane accident.accident + nounsaccident rates/statistics Jets have one of the worst accident rates among military aircraft. | a survey of the latest airline accident statisticsan accident victim The accident victims were taken to hospital by ambulance.an accident investigation/inquiry Accident investigations often take months. | The two deaths are the subject of an accident inquiry.an accident investigator Accident investigators have been there all morning.accident prevention The local authorities have just introduced an accident prevention scheme.phrasesthe scene of an accident (=the place where it happened) An ambulance soon arrived at the scene of the accident.the cause of the accident The cause of the accident is thought to have been engine failure.at the time of the accident At the time of the accident, 135 men were underground.THESAURUS: accident crashcar crash | plane crash | train crash a serious accident involving a car, plane, train etc: His sister died in a car crash. | Seven people have been injured in a train crash. collision an accident in which two or more cars, trains etc hit each other: Their car was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry. | There have been reports of a mid-air collision between a military plane and an airliner. | He escaped unhurt from a high-speed collision with another racing driver. disaster a serious accident involving a train, plane, or boat, in which a lot of people are killed or injured: The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958. | Police are interviewing the driver of the train blamed for the Belgian rail disaster. wreck AmE an accident in which a car or train is badly damaged: He was killed in a car wreck in Arizona. | This is the country’s fourth fatal train wreck in three and a half years. pile-up an accident that involves several cars or other vehicles: Four people were injured in a multiple pile-up involving a minibus and five cars in thick fog. | There was a 12-car pile-up on the motorway. |
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