名複: accidents
n.
- 事故;災禍[C]
- 意外事情;偶然因素,機遇[C][U]
片語
by accident
- 偶然地;意外地;碰巧
by accident of
- 憑著……的機遇
without accident
- 安然無恙地
辨析
同義:
n.意外(事情);災禍
casualty event chance mishap同義參見:
catastrophe tragedy calamity disaster occurrence misfortune misadventure以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally.
- something that happens by chance or without apparent cause. ▸chance:
- Philosophy a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘an event’): via OFr. from L. accident-, accidere, from ad- ‘towards, to’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》