collision

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col·li·sion /kəˈlɪʒən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 ACCIDENTan accident in which two or more people or vehicles hit each other while moving in different directions 碰撞[相撞]事故 → collide

collision with

The school bus was involved in a collision with a truck.

校车与一辆货车相撞了。

Two people were killed in a head-on collision (=between two vehicles that are moving directly towards each other) on highway 218.

218号公路上有两辆汽车迎面相撞，两人死亡。

► see thesaurus at accident

2 DISAGREEa strong disagreement between two people or groups 冲突，抵触

collision between

a collision between the two countries over fishing rights

两国为捕鱼权而发生的冲突

3 be on a collision course

a) DISAGREEto be likely to have serious trouble because your aims are very different from someone else’s 〔因双方目标差异太大而〕很可能发生冲突，有可能导致严重争端

The two nations are on a collision course that could lead to war.

两国可能会发生冲突，从而导致战争。

b) HIT/BUMP INTOto be moving in a direction in which you will hit something 朝着可能会碰撞的方向移动

an asteroid on a collision course with Earth

正朝着地球撞来的一颗小行星

Examples from the Corpus

be on a collision course• Newspaper reports say that the two nations are on a collision course that could lead to war.• It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course.• Nurses lodge 10 Nurses are on a collision course with the Government after lodging a claim for a ten percent pay rise.• Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course, both in Atlas aircraft.• The Croatan was on a collision course with the twenty-foot branch and its two passengers.• Union leaders representing more than 8,000 white-collar staff gave warning of more stoppages and said the company was on a collision course.

Examples from the Corpus

collision• A school bus has been involved in a collision with a fuel tanker.• The risk of a mid-air collision over central London has increased dramatically.• News of the mid-air collision reached the papers quickly.• About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.• Whiplash, a neck injury, is a result of automobile collisions.• At such speeds, they need accurate sense organs if they are to avoid damaging collisions.• Those who drive the road regularly say their biggest fear is a head-on collision.• These airbags are designed to protect car drivers in head-on collisions.• To carry out the same thing with battleships was a very different matter and the collision the officers had foreseen duly occurred.• But in the collision course, the church has some mighty weapons.• This placed an important limit on the amount of energy that could be emitted in the collision.• In 1994, they had to withdraw after Roca broke her wrist in a fluke warmup collision.

head-on collision• A 3-month-old boy died after a head-on collision near Burford.• She was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 218.• On a treacherous curve, both vehicles went out of control and met in a head-on collision.• He saw no prospect of avoiding for long a head-on collision.• The Budget also marked a head-on collision between Conservative Party election promises and the real world, however.• There was evidentially speaking a head-on collision between the appellant and the principal prosecution witness.• A head-on collision with a pair of black salt-stained leather boots.• Those who travel the road regularly say their biggest fear is head-on collisions.• They included provisions designed to prevent head-on collisions, like those at Bellgrove and later at Newton.

collision between• a collision between police and demonstrators

From Longman Business Dictionary

collisioncol·li·sion /kəˈlɪʒən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1INSURANCEwhen a vehicle hits another vehicle or object, causing damage

His car was in collision with another vehicle.

All aircraft are now fitted with collision-avoidance equipment.

2on a collision course (with) if two groups are on a collision course, they are very likely to have a serious disagreement at some time in the future

This latest announcement may put the nation’s largest cable operators on a collision course with telephone companies.

Origin collision

(1400-1500) Latin collisio, from collidere; → COLLIDE

col·li·sion noun

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