accident

英 ['æksɪdənt] 美 ['æksɪdənt]

• n. 事故；意外；偶然；造化

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]意外遭遇; 事故

   an unexpected happening, often harmful

2. [C][U]意外,偶然的事

   sth that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 事故，意外
2. 机遇
3. 偶然
4. 意外事情，意外遭遇
5. 偶然的事，偶发事件，偶然因素
6. 不测事件
7. 故障
8. 车祸
9. 灾难，灾祸，灾害，不幸，不测

英英释义

Noun:

1. an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

2. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause;

   "winning the lottery was a happy accident"
   "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"
   "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His left knee was hurt in a traffic accident.
   他的左膝在一次交通事故中受伤了。
2. Happily, the accident was prevented.
   很幸运，事故得以避免了。
3. The other day I came across an interesting accident.
   几天前,我碰到一件意外事情。
4. I started the hobby almost by accident.
   我有了这个爱好纯属偶然。
5. By accident of birth he is entitled to British citizenship.
   因出生的造化

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. What accident has happened?
   出了什么事故?
2. An accident happened and many lives were lost.
   一场意外事故发生了,许多人丧生。
3. An accident happened, but we have no particulars yet.
   一场事故发生了,但我们还不知道详情。
4. The accident happened at 3p.m.
   事故发生于下午3 点钟。
5. The accident happened in my sight.
   这个意外事件发生在我的眼前。
6. The accident was caused by ice on the road.
   事故是由路面结冰引起的。
7. Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
   家规再严,丑事难免。
8. An accident has befallen him.
   一场不测的事已降临到他头上。
9. A series of lucky accidents led the explorer to his discovery.
   这位探险家的发现是由于一连串的侥幸。
10. A slight accident has upset all my plans.
    一起小事故把我的计划完全打乱了。
11. Train accidents have been greatly reduced over the past few years.
    过去几年火车事故大为减少。
12. Factory accidents are quite common; people aren't always careful.
    工厂事故屡见不鲜,人们并不总是小心翼翼。
13. She was twenty when an accident brought her to the notice of the great author.
    在她20岁时,一次偶然的机会使她受到这位伟大作家的关注。
14. There have been many traffic accidents this year.
    今年发生了多起交通事故。
15. There have been fewer traffic accidents lately.
    近来交通事故少了。
16. The airliner had an accident in the heavy fog.
    客机在大雾中失事了。
17. The train had an accident and many passengers were injured.
    火车出了事故,许多旅客受了伤。
18. I'm afraid I had an accident in the kitchen and broke all the glasses.
    对不起，我在厨房里闯了个祸,把玻璃杯全打碎了。
19. Such carelessness is liable to cause an accident.
    如此粗心大意容易造成事故。
20. The train driver's stupidity caused this terrible accident.
    火车司机的愚蠢造成了这起可怕的事故。
21. The emergency action taken prevented a fatal accident.
    所采取的紧急措施避免了一场惨祸。
22. Who'd take on some other bloke's little accident?
    谁会愿意接受别的男人种下的小野种呢？
23. An ageing nuclear reactor is an accident waiting to happen.
    老化的核反应堆早晚会出事故。
24. That was quite an accident.
    那完全是个偶然事件。
25. The discovery was a happy accident.
    这项发现是个巧合。
26. Their early arrival was just an accident.
    他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。
27. To be honest, my second pregnancy was an accident.
    老实说,我第二次怀孕是个意外。
28. Your meeting me was a mere accident.
    你我相遇纯属偶然。
29. His death was more than a mere accident; evil men deliberately planned it.
    他的死绝非仅仅偶然事故所致,而是坏人有意策划的。
30. I didn't break it on purpose,Mum, it was an accident!
    我不是故意打破它的,妈妈,这全是意外!
31. I didn't mean to break it —it was an accident.
    我不是故意打碎它的——这是个意外。
32. When he has recovered from astonishment, he thought this is a lucky accident.
    他惊异的心情稍定之后,觉得这是一件想不到的好事。
33. Don't make such a fuss; it was an accident.
    别这么大惊小怪的,那只是个小失误。
34. He swears it was an accident.
    他发誓说这是个意外。
35. Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip.
    你去旅行前要办理好意外保险。
36. I was busy filling in forms about the accident.
    我正忙着填写有关事故的表格。
37. Something must be provided against accident.
    须防备些,以防不测。
38. He couldn't leave the house because he had a broken leg from an accident.
    他的一条腿在一次事故中致残,现在出不了家门。
39. His blindness is the result of an accident.
    他的失明是一次事故造成的。
40. In consequence of his accident he fell ill.
    他因为这意外事件而病倒了。
41. I have kept a reserve fund in case of an accident.
    我已储蓄了准备金以防意外。
42. That was mere a matter of accident.
    那仅仅是碰巧。
43. They had a hearty laugh over the accident.
    他们为了这件巧事而大笑。
44. He owes his success to a mere accident.
    他的成功出于偶然。

～+ prep. -phrase

1. Her Spanish is an accident of living with a Spanish family for a year.
   她的西班牙语是因为跟一个西班牙家庭住了一年偶然学得的。
2. There has been an accident to the children.
   孩子们出事了。
3. Owing to an accident to the machine, one workshop was closed down.
   由于机器发生了事故,一个车间停产了。
4. There was an accident with the little boy.
   那个小男孩遭到不幸。

～+that-clause

1. His absence was due to the accident that the letter asking him to come had gone astray .
   发给他的邀请信投寄有误,所以他没出席。

It is/was+～+that-clause

1. It was a lucky accident that we saw each other.
   你我相遇,幸运之至。
2. It was really a very lucky accident that I met your brother at the cinema.
   我在电影院遇到你的哥哥,真是幸运。
3. It is no accident that every letter we send is delayed.
   我们寄的每封信都延误了,这绝非偶然。
4. It is no accident used for saying that something was planned, perhaps for dishonest reasons.
   这绝不是偶然; 这是策划好的。
5. Of course it is no accident that these events took place.
   当然,这些事件的发生绝非偶然。

经典引文

• Our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe.

  出自： C. Day

• She..had been killed in an accident.

  出自： M. Spark

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

by accident

偶然地 without any intention or planning

by accident of

因…的机会,由于…方面的运气 by chance

in an accident

由于事故; 遭遇事故 because of an accident; meet with an accident

meet with an accident

遇到意外事故 run across an accident

without accident

安全地 safely

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avoid an accident 避免事故
• bring about an accident 造成事故
• cause an accident 酿成事故
• create an accident 造成事故
• cut down accidents 减少事故
• expose an accident 遭遇灾祸
• fear an accident 害怕事故
• guard against accident 防止事故
• have an accident 发生事故; 遭到意外
• meet with an accident 遇到不测
• plan an accident 策划事故
• prevent an accident 防止事故
• protect against accidents 预防不测
• provide against accident 预防不测
• reduce accidents 减少事故
• witness an accident 目击意外事件

形容词+～

• awful accident 可怕的事故
• bad accident 横祸
• dreadful accident 可怕的事故
• fatal accident 毁灭性的事故
• fearful accident 可怕的事故
• frightful accident 可怕的事故
• happy accident 巧事
• hit-and-run accident 肇事司机已逃逸的事故
• horrible accident 可怕的事故
• industrial accident 工业事故
• inevitable accident 不可避免的事故
• injury-producing accident 造成伤害的事故
• major accident 重大事故
• mere accident 偶然的事故
• minor accident 小事故
• nasty accident 严重的事故
• near accident 险些发生的事故
• sad accident 可悲的事故
• serious accident 严重的事故
• shocking accident 骇人听闻的事故
• slight accident 小事件
• terrible accident 可怕的事故
• tragic accident 悲惨的事故
• trivial accident 轻微的事故
• unavoidable accident 不可避免的事故
• unforeseen accident 意外的事故
• unfortunate accident 不幸的事故
• unlucky accident 不幸的事故

名词+～

• aeroplane accident 空难
• air accident 空难
• airplane accident 空难
• automobile accident 汽车事故
• car accident 车祸; 汽车事故
• climbing accident 登山意外事件
• fire accident 火灾
• hunting accident 狩猎事故
• motorcar accident 汽车事故
• railroad accident 铁路事故
• railway accident 铁路事故
• riding accident 骑马意外事件
• road accident 交通事故
• traffic accident 交通事故
• train accident 火车事故

～+名词

• accident error 偶然误差
• accident frequency 意外事故频率
• accident insurance 伤害保险
• accident prevention 安全措施; 事故预防
• accident probability 事故的可能性; 偶然概率
• accident rate 事故率
• accident risk 事故险

介词+～

• against accident 预防事故
• by accident 偶然地
• by accident of 因…的机会
• by no accident 决非偶然; 并非出于偶然
• in an accident 由于事故; 遭遇事故
• to an accident 由于事故; 出于偶然
• with accident 意外; 偶然
• without accident 安全地
• a chapter of accidents 一连串的不测事件
• a series of accidents 一连串的意外
• cause of the accident 造成事故的原因
• report of an accident 事故报道
• scene of the accident 事故的现场
• the number of traffic accidents 交通事故的数量
• versions of the accident 对事故的看法
• victim of a severe accident 严重事故的受害者
• victims of street accidents 交通事故的受害者

～+介词

• accident beyond control 不可抗拒的灾害
• accident of birth 出生的偶然性
• accident of fate 命运的偶然性
• accident of history 历史的偶然性
• accident of the ground 地表皱褶,地面不平
• accident on duty 工作事故
• accident on the railway 铁路事故
• accident to 某人〔物〕出了意外
• accident to the machinery 机械故障

词语用法

1. accident常指偶然发生的不幸事件，incident则指不是非常重要的事件。如出车祸是accident，在车上遇到长时间未见到老朋友是incident；
2. accident单用时指“偶然”，而没有“不幸”的意思。

   She was twenty when accident brought her to the notice of the great author.

3. by accident意为“偶然地”，反义表达方式是by design或on purpose；
4. 表达“某人某物遭遇不幸事件”时，加to在人或物前。

   There was an accident to the little boy.

5. accident后偶尔接以that从句。

   His absence was due to the accident that the letter asking him to come had gone astray.

6. 有时意为“偶然成功的人或事”，如a political accident指“一个不靠本领而借偶然机会成功的政界人物”。

n. (名词)

1. accident的基本含义是“意外遭遇”,即缺乏主观动机的不测事件,多用于交通事故。accident一般会造成损伤,其损伤程度的范围很大,譬如交通事故,可以是机毁人亡,也可以是遍体鳞伤,还可以是仅伤皮毛,当然也可以安然无恙。
2. accident还可以表示事先没有预料到的“意外”,即“偶然发生的事”,可以是好事,也可以是坏事,还可以是无所谓好也无所谓坏的事。
3. 表示“某人遭遇不幸或事故”时接介词to或with; 表示“某物遭遇不幸或事故”时接to。
4. 注意accident的拼写及读音——双写cc,读作［ks］。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

accident, incident, event

• 这组名词的共同意思是“事件”,其区别是：
• 1.accident是偶然发生的; incident是附属于偶发事件的; 而event则不一定是偶然的。
• 2.accident在没有happy, lucky这类词修饰时,多指不幸事件; 而incident和event则不一定是不幸的。
• 3.incident指日常小事或不太重要的事件; 而accident则多指涉及人命的大事,但不用于政治事件。试比较下面两句:
• Being late for school is an incident, not an accident.
• 上学迟到是小事情,不是大事故。
• Being hit by a car is an accident, not an incident.被汽车撞了是大事故,不是 小事情。
• 如果把accident和incident连用,这种差异就更明显了。例如:
• Accidents are becoming incidents on this railway.这条铁路上事故已成家常便饭。
• 须注意的是incident有时也指大事,但多指在政治上、军事上、外交上可能导致争端或战争的事件。例如:
• It was a frontier incident.这是一次边境事件。
• 4.event也可指日常小事,但主要指重要的事件(国家的、社会的、边界的等)。例如:This is one of the chief events of this year.这是本年度大事之一。

accident，incident，event，occurrence，happening

• 这些名词均有“事故、事件”之意。
• accident强调偶然或意外发生的不幸事情。
• incident既可指小事件或附带事件，又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。
• event可指任何大小事件，但尤指历史上的重大事件。
• occurrence多指日常生活中发生的一般事件，有时也指偶然发生的事。
• happening与occurrence相似，多指日常生活中发生的一般事件，有时也指偶然发生的事。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的accident，意为发生，出现；最初源自拉丁语的accidentum，意为发生的事情。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bit of bad luck
• casualty
• collision
• crash
• misadventure
• mischance
• piece of misfortune
• smash-up
• wreck

【反义词】

• calculation
• design
• intent
• intention
• plan
• purpose