| 单词 | accident |
| 释义 | accident (once / 93 pages) n An accident is an unfortunate event. By their very nature, accidents are not planned. Rear-ending the car ahead of you, spilling milk, losing your footing on an icy sidewalk — all of these are considered accidents. You will most often hear people use accident to describe an unfortunate mistake, like swerving into oncoming traffic or making a sloppy calculation. However, an accident could have a positive outcome as well: "The invention of the chocolate chip cookie was a happy accident, occurring when the cook decided to add the chopped chocolate to the batter without melting it first." WORD FAMILYaccident: accidental, accidents+/accidental: accidentally, accidentals USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to the report, the pileup happened when six vehicles slowed on the interstate because of another accident. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The coroner’s office ruled Gilbert’s death an accident. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In Iowa, fatal crashes involving alcohol or drugs increased 27 percent between 2011 and 2015, while overall fatal traffic accidents fell. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury Hypo|Hyper collision an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object crash, wrecka serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) accidental injury, injuryan accident that results in physical damage or hurt shipwreck, wreckan accident that destroys a ship at sea casualty, fatal accidentan accident that causes someone to die pranga crash involving a car or plane fender-bendera collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage pileupmultiple collisions of vehicles smash, smash-upa serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) capsizing(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water collateral damage(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations concussioninjury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness mutilationan injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune 2n anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause winning the lottery was a happy accident it was due to an accident or fortuity Syn|Hypo|Hyper chance event, fortuity, stroke hap an accidental happening break, good luck, happy chancean unexpected piece of good luck coincidence, happenstancean event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental lotterysomething that is regarded as a chance event happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens |
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