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accident c an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage （交通）事故；意外遭遇；不测事件 a car / road / traffic accident 车祸；公路事故；交通事故 He was killed in an accident. 他死于一次车祸。 Ken had an accident at work and had to go to the hospital. 肯在工作中出了事故，不得不去医院。 One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers. 每七次交通事故就有一次是驾车者困倦造成的。 a serious / minor accident 严重/ 轻微事故 a fatal accident 死亡事故 a climbing / riding accident 登山/ 骑马不幸意外事件 the hospital accident and emergency department 医院急诊科 Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip. 你去旅行前要办理好意外保险。 c & u something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance 意外；偶然的事 Their early arrival was just an accident. 他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。 It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing. 男人担任护理中大多数最重要的工作绝非偶然。 an accident of birth / fate / history 出生/ 命运 / 历史的偶然性 By an accident of history, Fort Dearborn became an important trading post. 迪尔伯恩要塞成为重要的贸易站纯属历史的偶然。 accidents will happen 出事是难免的 by accident 偶然；意外地 We met by accident at the airport. 我们在机场不期而遇。 Helen got into acting purely by accident. 海伦当演员完全出于偶然。 have an accident （尤指小孩）尿裤子【拓展】by accidentby chance/accidentally 意外地、偶然地反义词：on purposeby design故意地，特意地表示“偶然相遇”有如下短语： meet sb. by accident/chancehappen to meet sb.meet with e across sb.run into sb.accidental adj. happening by chance; not planned 意外的；偶然的 I didnt thing our meeting was accidental- he must have known I would be there. 我认为我们相遇不是偶然的-他肯定知道我要去那里。【考例】1. （13届高三华师附中5月2模）Hardly any people believe that a(n) _ meeting will lead to an enduring love.A. present B. distant C. accidental D. familiar 2. accidentally adv. without intending to 无意地 I accidentally locked myself out of the house. 我无意间把自己锁在了屋外。 accidentally on purpose 明明故意却装作无心的样子；故意说 I think John lost his homework accidentally on purpose. 我看约翰是故意把作业弄丢的。【辨析】event & incident & accident event 通常指具有很大影响力的国内的、国际的或历史上的事件，也可以指运动会的比赛项目。也可引申指一般的“重大事件”。 a historical event a team event field and track events in any event / at all events 不管怎样，无论如何 sporting events The founding of the Peoples Republic of China is a great event in the history of mankind. 中华人民共和国的成立是人类历史上的一件大事。event 的复数形式，可指“时局”、“时事”。 We must constantly keep in touch with current events. 我们应当不断注意时局的发展。incident 指不重要的小事件、插曲、争端，有时指引起战争的事变。“事件”，在政治上特指引起国际争端或战争的事件。事件、事变，尤指令人不快的、不同寻常的事或暴力事件、严重事件。 a major diplomatic incident There was a shooting incident near here last night. 昨晚这附近发生了枪击事件。 Some of the incidents narrated in his book are not very probable. 他书中讲的有些事情不大可能。accident 指意外或偶然发生的事故，尤指带来不幸的、具有损害性的事件。特指不幸的“意外事故”，如摔伤、车祸等。 a car / road / traffic accident a fatal accident 死亡事故 by accident 偶然 without accident 安全地 by accident of 因为的机会，由于的运气 He died in a car accident because of his carelessness. 由于疏忽大意，他在车祸中丧生。 I discovered that purely by accident. 那件事我完全是无意中发现的。affair （需采取行动或给予重视的）事情，事务，时局；风流韵事；小事；个人的事；事件（给人印象深刻或震惊性事件）；指一般事件，也指重大事件，指重大事件时多用复数 an ordinary affair current affairs 时事 government affairs 事务 personal/ private affairs 私事 family affairs foreign affairs 外交事务business 生意，商业 作事情讲时，指有责任、必要去做的事情；强调职责、公务 do business with 同做生意 Its none of ones business mind your own business get down to business have no business to do / doing sth 没有权利做某事 on business 因公出差matter 需认真考虑和处理的“事情”，与the 连用表“麻烦事”。只强调某事情是客观存在的，不愿意说出具体内容thing 表示“事情”时是最通俗的用词，既指具体事情，也指抽象情况。泛指“形式，情况”时用复数形式。【以练促记】 用incident, accident, event 填空 Ken had an _ at work and he had to go to ho