accident

an accident waiting to happen

1 a potentially disastrous situation, usually caused by negligent or faulty procedures.

2 a person certain to cause trouble.

❶ 2004IndieLondon film reviews The K-19 was an accident waiting to happen (its nuclear reactor sacrificed safety margins in favour of power and compactness).

accidents will happen however careful you try to be, it is inevitable that some unfortunate or unforeseen events will occur.

☞ This phrase is a shortened form of the early 19th-century proverb 'accidents will happen in the best regulated families'.

a chapter of accidents: seechapter.

词组	accident
释义	accident an accident waiting to happen 1 a potentially disastrous situation, usually caused by negligent or faulty procedures. 2 a person certain to cause trouble. ❶ 2004IndieLondon film reviews The K-19 was an accident waiting to happen (its nuclear reactor sacrificed safety margins in favour of power and compactness). accidents will happen however careful you try to be, it is inevitable that some unfortunate or unforeseen events will occur. ☞ This phrase is a shortened form of the early 19th-century proverb 'accidents will happen in the best regulated families'. a chapter of accidents: seechapter.
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