accidents

英 [ˈæksɪdənts]

美 [ˈæksədənts]

n.  (交通)事故; 意外遭遇; 不测事件; 意外; 偶然的事
accident的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 交通事故；车祸
  Anaccidenthappens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
  1. She was involved in a serious car accident last week...
     上星期她卷入了一场严重的车祸。
  2. Six passengers were killed in the accident.
     六名乘客在车祸中丧生。
• N-COUNT （不幸的）意外遭遇，不测事件;事故
  If someone has anaccident, something unpleasant happens to them that was not intended, sometimes causing injury or death.
  1. 5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home...
     每年有5,000人死于家中的意外事故。
  2. The police say the killing of the young man was an accident.
     警方说这个年轻人被杀是一个意外。
• N-VAR 意外；偶然
  If something happensby accident, it happens completely by chance.
  1. She discovered the problem by accident...
     她碰巧发现了这个问题。
  2. Almost like an accident of nature, this family has produced more talent than seems possible.
     就像是天缘巧合，这个家族不可思议地人才辈出。
• PHRASE 可能发生意外的事物（或人）
  If you describe something or someone asan accident waiting to happen, you mean that they are likely to be a cause of danger in the future, for example because they are in poor condition or behave in an unpredictable way.
  1. A lot of the city's buildings are accidents waiting to happen.
     该城市中许多楼房都存在事故隐患。
• PHRASE 并非偶然;事出有因
  You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
  1. It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.
     警匪剧在电视上盛行之时恰好是西部片衰退之际，这并非偶然。

双语例句

• Accidents are happening with increasing frequency.
  事故频繁发生。
• This is a graph of road accidents.
  这是一张交通事故的图表。
• There have been no accidents for six years running.
  连续6年未出事故。
• Accidents and sudden illnesses are no respecters of age.
  不管什么年龄都有可能遭遇意外事故和突发疾病。
• There were two traffic accidents yesterday, with four casualties.
  昨天出了两起车祸，死伤四人。
• Carelessness often causes accidents.
  疏忽大意就可能引起事故。
• I am compiling statistics for a report on traffic accidents.
  我正在为交通事故的报告汇集统计数字。
• Traffic accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
  近年来交通事故发生的频率已经下降。
• There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off
  还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。
• Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans
  交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。