Incident is used mainly in journalism or in formal contexts. In everyday English, people usually say something happened rather than talking about an incident:incident 主要用在新闻或正式的文体中。在日常英语中,人们一般说something happened,而不说an incident
Am I at risk because of something that happened in my past?
without incident• The plane took off without incident.
diplomatic incident• Then, in Hong Kong, Chris Patten and family were reunited with their beloved terrier whose disappearance caused a diplomatic incident.• The loomingenforcedremoval of Mr Ozberk, 30, has the makings of a diplomatic incident.
Originincident
(1400-1500)FrenchLatin, present participle of incidere“to fall into”