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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5527 COCA: 5812

coincidence

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co·in·ci·dence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns $ koʊ-/ ●●○ noun  
1 [countableC, uncountableU]TIME/AT THE SAME TIME when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual 巧合,巧事;同时发生 coincide, coincidental
 ‘I’m going to Appleby tomorrow.’ ‘What a coincidence! I’m going there too.’
明天我要去阿普尔比。”“太巧了!我也要去那里。
by coincidence
 By coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale.
巧得很,我和约翰最后都进了耶鲁大学。
sheer/pure coincidence (=completely by chance) 纯属巧合
 It was sheer coincidence that we were staying in the same hotel.
真是太巧了,我们就住在同一家宾馆。
not a coincidence/more than coincidence (=not chance, but deliberate) 并非巧合
 I think it is more than coincidence that all the complaints have come from the same group of people.
所有投诉都来自同一群人,我想这就不是巧合了。
2 [singular] formalSAME when two ideas, opinions etc are the same 〔思想、观点等的〕一致,相符
coincidence of
 a coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians
采矿公司和某些政客在利益上的一致
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
sheer/pure coincidence (=complete chance)
It was pure coincidence that we were on the same plane.
mere coincidence (=only chance and nothing else)
Is it mere coincidence that they always seem to employ men?
a happy/lucky/fortunate coincidence
It was just a happy coincidence that he was there too.
an unfortunate coincidence
By a very unfortunate coincidence, she didn’t get either of his emails.
a strange/curious coincidence
What a strange coincidence that you were both living in Bangkok at the same time.
a remarkable/amazing/extraordinary coincidence
What an extraordinary coincidence meeting you here!
phrases
it is a coincidence that
It was a remarkable coincidence that two people with the same name were staying at the hotel.
it is not a/no coincidence that (=it is deliberate)
It is no coincidence that the Government made the announcement today.
be more than (a) coincidence (=there is some other explanation)
When I saw him a third time, I realized it was more than just coincidence.
a string/series/set of coincidences
The accident happened because of a string of unfortunate coincidences.
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5527 COCA: 5812
coincidence

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ADJECTIVE | ... OF COINCIDENCES | COINCIDENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcomplete, pure, sheer完全湊巧;純粹巧合It was pure coincidence that they were both in Vegas on the same day.他們兩個同一天都在維加斯純粹是個巧合。mere只是巧合happy, lucky愉快的/幸運的巧合What a happy coincidence to meet you at the airport just when I wanted to see you.我正想見你,就在機場碰到你,真是令人高興的巧合。unfortunate不幸的巧合amazing, bizarre, curious, extraordinary, funny, incredible, odd, remarkable, strange, weird, wonderful驚人的/離奇的/奇特的/不尋常的/有趣的/難以置信的/古怪的/不平常的/奇怪的/怪誕的/奇妙的巧合... OF COINCIDENCESseries, set, string一連串的巧合They met through a series of strange coincidences.一連串奇怪的巧合讓他們碰到了一起。COINCIDENCE + VERBhappen巧合發生Remarkable coincidences do happen in real life.現實生活中確實會發生不尋常的巧合。PREPOSITIONby (a) coincidence碰巧By coincidence, we both went to the same school.碰巧我們兩個上的是同一所學校。By an unfortunate coincidence, their house was broken into on the day he lost his job.不幸的是,在他丟了工作的那天,他們家又偏巧遭竊。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5527 COCA: 5812
coincidence noun
luck
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5527 COCA: 5812
coincidence
Chance events and happening by chance: accident, coincidence, fluke...
Similarity and similarities: similarity, resemblance, parallel...

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