1unexpected event that causes damage/injury事故ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACCIDENT | ACCIDENT + VERB | ACCIDENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bad, 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 + ACCIDENT➤be 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 + VERB➤happen, occur, take place事故發生ACCIDENT + NOUN➤black 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PREPOSITION➤in an/the accident在事故中PHRASES➤an 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
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2sth not planned in advance出乎意料之事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤mere, 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PREPOSITION➤by accident偶然◇We met by accident at the airport.我們在機場偶然相遇。PHRASES➤an 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。