| 词组 | accident |
| 释义 | ，incident 两词的形和义都比较接近，都可指 “发生的事件”，但它们的含义不完全相同。 1． accident 常指“由于一时疏忽 ( mishap) 而偶然发生的事件”: She was killed in a car accident. 2． incident 尤指“偶然发生的暴力、犯罪、危险等事件”: A serious incident along the bor- der increased our fear of war. The shooting was only an isolated incident. 3． 两词相比较，accident 所指的事件似乎要大一些、严重些; incident 所指的事件要小一些: The fatal accident was caused by ice on the road. Twenty people were killed in the mining accident. ( 两句中的 acci- dent 都指比较大的事故) an incident in which she claimed to have seen a ghost ( “疑心见鬼”是件小事) 4． accident 多指“不幸的事件”，inci- dent 可以指“意外的好事”: I had a slight accident at home and broke some glasses. Their parents are both dead—an accident at sea. ( accident 指 “不幸的事件”) Mary told us some of the amusing incidents of her holiday. There was a humorous incident on the way. ( rgk 两句中的 inci- dent 都指好事) 5． accident 可指“未按计划而发生的偶然事件”，如未婚先孕、避孕失败: To be honest，my second preg- nancy was an accident. He is a business accident. 6． by accident 也是 by chance 的意思，可以指“偶然发生的好事”: I met my girl friend on the subway yesterday by accident. The beauty and charm of the city remained by accident in the war. 7． accident 可以组成一些固定短语: an accident of birth 运气，机遇 by accident 偶然 more by accident than ( by ) de- sign 完全是偶然的，不是预先计划的 by accident of birth 由于运气，靠机遇 an accident waiting to happen 可能会造成事故的情况 It is no accident that he became a musician. 他成为音乐家不是偶然的。 They arrived at the port without accident. 他们一路太平地到达了港口。 |
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