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词汇 accident
释义 accident
noun
uk /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/ us /ˈæk.sə.dənt/
A2[ C ]
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or injures someone: 意外;不测;事故
have an accidentJosh had an accident and spilled water all over his work.乔希不小心把作业上洒得都是水。
involved in an accidentThe lorry had been involved in an accident.
The sign was damaged in an accident.
She was injured in a car/road accident (= when one car hit another).她在一起车祸/交通事故中受伤了。
Synonyms
collision(ACCIDENT)
crash(ACCIDENT)
smash(ACCIDENT)UK
smash-upUK
Compare
fender benderUSinformal
prangnounUKinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an accident
accidentAccidents at work can sometimes result in serious injury.
mishapDue to a surgical mishap, she's lost the use of her left arm.
mischanceIt would be a great loss if, by some mischance, the message was never received.
misfortuneThey were beset by misfortunes their whole lives.
misadventureThe film was about his comic misadventures in love.
death by misadventureUKThe coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a traffic accident
accidentAn accident on the M11 is blocking traffic in a northerly direction.
collisionPolice responded to the collision and closed the road.
head-onBoth drivers were injured in the head-on collision.
shuntUKMy insurance company refused to pay out after my little shunt.
crashA serious crash on the motorway yesterday led to its closure for two hours.
car crashHe died in a car crash.
[ C or U ]
something that happens by chance, without anyone intending or planning it:
accident of birth Social status is often merely an accident of birth (= caused by whether people are born rich, poor, etc.).
I like to think it is not an accident that hidden in the word "created" are the letters R-E-A-D.
He became president by an accident of history.
I was hardly able to move my arm after the accident.
She injured her spine in a riding accident.她在一次坠马事故中脊柱受伤。
Did you leave his name out by accident or was it intentional?你漏掉了他的名字,是无意的还是有意的?
It was an accident - I didn't mean to break it, honestly.
The company refused to accept responsibility for the accident.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Accidents and disasters
accidental
accidentally
accidentally on purposeidiom
accidents will happenidiom
an accident waiting to happenidiom
cataclysm
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
catastrophe
catastrophic
disastrous
disastrously
doomsday scenario
dumpster fire
emergency
non-emergency
perfect storm
post-accident
snafu
tragedy

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Chance and randomness

Idioms


accidents will happen
an accident waiting to happen
be no accident
by accident
have an accident
more by accident than design

accident | American Dictionary


accident
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæk·sə·dənt, -ˌdent/

accidentnoun[C] (INJURY)


an event not intended by anyone but which has the result of injuring someone or damaging something:
He was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 21.

accidentnoun[C] (EVENT NOT PLANNED)


something that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally:
It’s no accident that (= There are reasons that explain why) she was chosen to be a member of the most powerful committee in Congress.

accidental


adjectiveus/ˌæk·səˈdent·əl/
The fire began shortly after 1:30 a.m. and appears to have been accidental.

accidentally


adverbus/ˌæk·səˈdent·əl·i/
He accidentally left the water running and flooded a bathroom floor in the hotel.

Idiom


by accident

Examples of accident


accident
Republicanism, in the sense of antimonarchism, was a product of accident rather than design.
For example, a funny or embarrassing incident, a frightening story, accident or danger, or a time you got into trouble with your parents.
There was little reference to any strategic planning for accident prevention.
Drop-in centres for adolescents: planned to develop existing scheme to include accident prevention.
First, an accident, possibly with one of the ovens, may have resulted in the conflagration.
Two studies75,76 have found depression to be associated with recent deaths and accidents in near relatives.
The trade unions had been strongly dissatisfied with the 1901 law in which compensation for accidents was to be paid by the employer.
Originally, the principles of bioethics were a means for protecting human rights, but through a historical accident, bioethical principles came to be considered as fundamental.
The majority are based around actual or fictitious events with a mildly anti-establishment character, often involving personal and physical threats or accidents.
Some of the widows may have lost their husbands in mine accidents or because of occupational diseases.
By sheer accident, an empty trolley, nobody aboard, is starting to roll down a certain track.
Later, about forty-five seconds in, you begin to hear two simultaneous lead voices, an arrangement gambit that also came about by accident.
For each of the matching criteria an index is constructed over the set of accidents.
Furthermore, it is also known that the phonological correspondences established early in development are less vulnerable to neurological accident than those established later.
It is surely no accident that this particular formulation, 'amor de lonh', has come to encapsulate the basic experience of 'courtly love'.
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Collocations withaccident


accident

These are words often used in combination with accident.

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accident investigator
The accidentinvestigator observed that unexpected events, such as user slips and mode errors, are commonly considered as human errors.
From
Wikipedia

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accident of birth
It is no longer an accidentofbirth.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
accident prevention
The reduction of home hazards was a frequent focus of accidentprevention work.
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