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TOEFL BNC: 1187 COCA: 1707

accident

Word family
ac·ci·dent /ˈæksɪdənt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  
1 by accident CHANCE/BY CHANCEin a way that is not planned or intended 偶然,意外地 OPP on purpose, deliberately
 I met her quite by accident (=completely by accident).
我遇见她完全是偶然。
 The discovery was made almost by accident.
这项发现几乎纯属意外。
 The pilot, whether by accident or design (=whether it was planned or not planned), made the plane do a sharp turn.
不知是有意还是无意,那名飞行员让飞机来了个急转弯。
nGrammar
Don’t say: by an accident
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4  See picture of 见图 accident
2 ACCIDENT[countableC] an event in which a car, train, plane etc is damaged and often someone is hurt 交通事故;车祸;失事
 Over 70,000 people are seriously injured every year in road accidents.
每年在道路事故中受重伤的有七万多人。
 The accident happened at the junction of Forest Road and Pine Walk.
事故发生在森林路与松树路的交叉口。
 a train accident
火车事故
3 ACCIDENT[countableC] a situation in which someone is injured or something is damaged without anyone intending them to be 事故,意外事件
 Ken had an accident at work and had to go to hospital.
肯在工作中出了事故,不得不去医院。
 I’m sorry about breaking the vase – it was an accident (=I did not intend to do it).
对不起,我把花瓶打碎了——这是个意外。
a climbing/skiing/hunting etc accident
 He died in a climbing accident in the Himalayas.
他在攀登喜马拉雅山时遇难。
 She was injured in a freak accident (=an unusual accident) when a wall suddenly collapsed.
她在一场墙壁突然倒塌的诡异事故中受了伤。
 I had a slight accident with your coffee.
出了个小小的意外,我把你的咖啡弄洒了。
 They lost their lives in a tragic accident.
他们在一次悲惨的事故中丧生。
4 CHANCE/BY CHANCE[countableC, uncountableU] something that happens without anyone planning or intending it 意外事件
 My third baby was an accident.
我的第三个孩子是意外怀上的。
 It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing, while women remain on the lower grades.
男性在护理行业中占据大多数重要职位,而女性仍处于较低级别,这绝非偶然。
an accident of birth/geography/history etc (=an event or situation caused by chance) 出生/地理/历史等的偶然
5. accidents (will) happen spoken used to tell someone who has broken something that they should not worry that it has happened 意外事情在所难免,不小心总是有的
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6 an accident waiting to happen used about a situation in which an accident is likely to happen because no one is trying to prevent it 肯定会出的事故
 The boats are being left to drift; it’s an accident waiting to happen.
任由这些船漂流,肯定会出事的。
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COLLOCATIONSMeaning 2: an event in which a car, train, plane etc is damaged and often someone is hurt 交通事故;车祸;失事
adjectives
a bad/serious accident 严重事故
There’s been a bad accident on the freeway.
高速公路上发生了一宗严重事故。
nThe road is closed following a serious accident.
a major accident 重大事故
News is coming in of a major rail accident.
刚收到的消息说发生了一宗重大铁路事故。
a horrible/nasty/horrific accident 可怕的/严重的/骇人听闻的事故
We narrowly avoided a nasty accident.
我们险些遭遇严重事故。
n‘This was an absolutely horrific accident, ’ said an ambulance spokesman.
a fatal accident (=in which someone is killed) 致命的事故
a fatal accident involving a bus and a cyclist
涉及一辆公共汽车和一名骑车人的致命交通事故
a minor accident (=one that is not serious) 轻微事故
nThe ice and poor visibility caused minor accidents all over the country.
a road/traffic accident 道路/交通事故
nThe number of traffic accidents has gone down.
nPortugal has one of Western Europe’s worst road accident rates.
a car accident (also an automobile accident American EnglishAmE formal) 撞车事故,车祸
nHe was badly injured in a car accident.
a plane accident/an airplane accident American EnglishAmE (also a flying accident) 坠机事故
nHolly died in a plane accident.
a rail accident/a train accident 铁路事故/火车事故
nIt was the country's worst ever rail accident.
a hit-and-run accident (=when someone is hit by a driver who does not stop) 撞车逃逸事故
nA woman is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run accident.
verbs
be involved in an accident formal: 卷入事故
Your son has been involved in a car accident.
你儿子遭遇了车祸。
prevent an accident 预防事故
Steps have been taken to prevent a similar accident happening again.
已采取措施,预防类似事故再次发生。
an accident happens (also an accident occurs formal) 事故发生
nNo one saw the accident happen.
nMost road accidents occur in urban areas.
have an accident 出事故
nYoung drivers are more likely to have accidents than older drivers.
5I had an accident on my way to work.
我上班途中出了事故。
accident + NOUN
an accident victim 事故受害者
One of the accident victims is still trapped in his vehicle.
其中一名事故受害者仍然被困在车里。
accident rates/statistics 事故发生率/统计数字
nThere is a relation between accident rates and the numbers of drivers on the road.
na survey of the latest airline accident statistics
an accident investigation/inquiry 事故调查
nThe two deaths are the subject of an accident inquiry.
nAccident investigations often take months.
an accident investigator 事故调查人员
nAccident investigators have been there all morning.
phrases
the scene of an accident (=the place where it happened) 事故现场
Police were at the scene of the accident within minutes.
警察几分钟之内就赶到了事故现场。
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident.
不要说 a small accident. 而要说 a minor accident .
THESAURUS
accident an event in which a vehicle is damaged and often someone is hurt 交通事故
Her father died in a car accident.
他父亲死于车祸。
Hugh had an accident on his way to work.
休上班途中出了交通事故。
crash a serious accident in which a vehicle hits something else 撞车事故;相撞
Rees-Jones was the only person to survive the crash.
里斯琼斯是这起撞车事故唯一的幸存者。
a car/plane/train crash
撞车事故/飞机失事/火车撞车事故
nHe was killed in a plane crash.
collision an accident in which two or more cars, trains etc hit each other 相撞事故
His car was involved in a collision with a train.
他的车与一辆火车相撞。
| a head-on collision (=between vehicles that are driving towards each other) 〔车辆的〕迎面相撞
nThe actor was killed in a head-on collision while driving his new sports car.
disaster a serious accident involving a train, plane, or boat, in which a lot of people are killed or injured 灾难,灾祸
It was Britain’s worst air disaster.
这是英国最严重的空难。
wreck American EnglishAmE an accident in which a car or train is badly damaged 〔汽车或火车遭严重损毁的〕交通事故
Ben nearly died in a car wreck.
本险些死于车祸。
pileup an accident that involves several cars or trucks 多车相撞,连环撞车
The pileup happened in thick fog.
这起连环撞车事故发生于大雾天。
nThere was a 12-car pileup on the motorway.
nfender-bender American EnglishAmE informal, prang British EnglishBrE informal a car accident in which little damage is done
Atkinson was involved in a fender-bender in the hotel parking lot.
At 15, he borrowed his parents’ car and had a prang.
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Origin accident
(1300-1400) French Latin accidens additional quality, chance, from accidere to happen, from ad- to + cadere to fall
TOEFL BNC: 1187 COCA: 1707
accident

noun¹

1unexpected event that causes damage/injury事故ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACCIDENT | ACCIDENT + VERB | ACCIDENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbad, dreadful, horrible, horrific, major, nasty, serious, terrible, tragic, unfortunate嚴重的事故;可怕的事故;重大事故;駭人的事故;悲慘的事故;不幸的事故deadly, fatal致命的事故a fatal road accident一起致命的道路交通事故minor, slight, small小事故;輕微事故bizarre, freak奇怪的/反常的事故Their boat sank in a freak accident.他們的船在一起反常的意外事故中沉沒了。hit-and-run(汽車駕駛員等)肇事逃逸事故industrial, nuclear工業事故;核事故auto, automobile, bike, car, highway, motor, motorbike, motorcycle, motor-vehicle, road, traffic車禍;自行車事故;汽車事故;公路事故;機動車事故;摩托車事故;道路交通事故The woman was involved in a road traffic accident. (BrE) 這名婦女捲入了一起道路交通事故中。aircraft, airplane, plane (especially NAmE) 飛行事故boating, climbing, hunting, riding, skiing划船/登山/狩獵/墜馬/滑雪事故VERB + ACCIDENTbe involved in, have, meet with, suffer牽涉進事故中;發生事故;遇到事故;遭遇事故She met with an accident while skiing in Colorado.她在科羅拉多州滑雪時出了一起事故。cause引起事故avoid, prevent避免/防止事故survive在事故中幸存下來recover from從事故中康復ACCIDENT + VERBhappen, occur, take place事故發生ACCIDENT + NOUNblack spot (BrE) 事故多發地段victim事故受害者prevention事故的預防investigation, report事故的調查/報道rate, statistics事故發生率/統計數字PREPOSITIONin an/the accident在事故中PHRASESan accident involving涉及⋯的事故He was badly hurt in an accident involving two cars and a van.他在一起兩輛汽車和一輛貨車相撞的事故中受了重傷。an accident waiting to happen (= a situation which is likely to become dangerous) 可能發生的事故the scene of the accident事故現場The ambulance took only six minutes to reach the scene of the accident.救護車只用了 6 分鐘就趕到了事故現場。
accident

noun²

2sth not planned in advance出乎意料之事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmere, pure, sheer純屬意外;純屬偶然By pure accident he had come across the very man who could solve the mystery.他碰巧遇到了那個能夠解開這一謎團的人。happy意外的驚喜historical歷史的偶然PREPOSITIONby accident偶然We met by accident at the airport.我們在機場偶然相遇。PHRASESan accident of birth (especially BrE) 出生的偶然an accident of history歷史的偶然It's just an accident of history that the city became part of the Soviet Union.這座城市歸屬蘇聯純屬歷史的偶然。be no accident that...⋯絕非偶然It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs.大多數高級職位都由男性擔任絕非偶然。by accident or design出於偶然或是預先計劃It happened, whether by accident or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave.不知是偶然還是事先安排,史蒂夫和我是最後離開的兩個人。
TOEFL BNC: 1187 COCA: 1707
accident noun
accident (a road accident) luck (an accident of fate)
accident

noun

accident ♦︎ crash ♦︎ collision ♦︎ wreck ♦︎ mishap ♦︎ pile-upThese are all words for an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage. 这些词均表示不测事件,尤指交通事故。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配in an accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a pile-upa serious accident / crash / collision / wreck / mishapa major accident / crash / collision / wreck / pile-upa minor accident / collisiona slight / little accident / mishapa car / train accident / crash / wrecka plane crash / wrecka head-on crash / collisionto have an accident / a collision / a mishapto cause an accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a pile-upan accident / a crash / a collision / a wreck / a mishap / a pile-up happens / occurs accident [countable] an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage 不测事件;(尤指)交通事故a road / traffic accident公路/交通事故a climbing / riding accident登山事故;骑马意外事件It's Dad. He's had an accident at work.是爸爸-他工作时发生了意外。I didn't mean to break it-it was an accident.我不是故意打碎它的,那是个意外。It is the first fatal accident (= in which sb is killed) to have occurred at the factory.这是这家工厂发生的首例死亡事故。 accidental

adjective

a verdict of accidental death意外死亡的裁决 OPP deliberate deliberate
accidentally

adverb

As I turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。OPP deliberately deliberate
crash [countable] an accident in which a vehicle hits sth, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers (交通工具)碰撞事故;撞车A girl was killed in a crash involving a stolen car.一女孩在一桩涉及窃车的撞车事故中丧生。 see also crash crash verb collision kəˈlɪʒn [countable] an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other 碰撞,相撞(事故)Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.斯图尔特与另一选手相撞,受了伤。His car was in collision with a motorbike.他的车和一辆摩托车撞上了。 see also collide crash verb wreck [countable] (NAmE) a crash (交通工具)碰撞事故;撞车The wreck occurred at milepost 534, just west of Greenup, Kentucky.撞车发生在肯塔基州格里纳普以西里程标534处。 see also wreck crash verb mishap ˈmɪshæp [countable, uncountable] (rather formal) a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results 小事故;霉头I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.很遗憾,你儿子在操场上出了点事儿。I managed to get home without further mishap.到家前,我总算没再出事。 ˈpile-up [countable] (rather informal, especially journalism 尤用于新闻) a road accident involving several vehicles crashing into each other 连环车祸;连续撞车Three people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.有三人死于冰雾中发生的连环车祸。
TOEFL BNC: 1187 COCA: 1707
accident
Accidents: accident, mishap, calamity...
Chance events and happening by chance: accident, coincidence, fluke...

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