accident

n ［C］ ① sth that happens unexpectedly (usu sth unfortunate) 意外事件(通常是不幸的事情)；事故：The municipal government adopted some effective measures to avert traffic ～s. 市政府采取了一些有效措施防止交通事故发生。/I witnessed a railway ～ once. 我曾目睹过一场火车车祸。meet with an ～， have an ～ 遇到意外事故：He met with an ～ last year.他去年遇到意外事故。 ② an event that happens by chance 偶然的事：It was a mere ～.那纯粹是偶然的。by ～， by chance 偶然；意外地：The discovery came about quite by ～. 这项发现是相当偶然的。/I met an old friend quite by ～. 我偶然碰到一位老朋友。/Although I searched for the book in all the big bookstores in Beijing， I failed t ......     （共812字）    [阅读本文]>>