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词汇 accident-of-birth
释义 accident of birth
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If someone's position or situation is an accident of birth, it is the result of where they were born or who their parents were. :
I live here by choice rather than accident of birth.
He owes his love of Africa to an accident of birth.
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They have done nothing to deserve their money, but merely received it by an accident of birth.
Their faith comes from conscious choice rather than accidents of birth.
They hold these positions by the mere accident of birth.
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