【accident】 - A-level备考词汇

accident

UK:  ['æksɪd(ə)nt]

US:  ['æksɪdənt]

复数：accidents  

n.

1.出事;事故;意外事情;意外事件;偶然事件

2.故障,事故,偶发事件;偶然

3.意外;偶然的;偶然性;

4.灾难,灾害,不幸,不测,意外,横祸

5.附带事件,附属品

6.不幸;惨祸;灾难,不测的事;遇难

7.突如其来

8.可有可无的人

9.【哲学】偶然性

10.【地质学;地理学】褶皱;起伏,高低

1 . Investors seem riveted by what is happening, as if they were the witnesses to a fatal accident unspooling in slow motion before their eyes.
投资者似乎被眼下发生的事情定格了，就好像他们的眼前正以慢镜头回放着一起伤亡事故惨状。

2 . She told NBCnewsNews she was shocked to discover that her husband was the victim of the accident that had caused all that traffic.
她告诉国家广播公司，当她发现丈夫就是造成那里交通拥堵的事故的受害者时，她惊呆了。

3 . When father tried to tell me how glad he was to see me safe after the accident, he choked up and was unable to speak.
我父亲想告诉我，发生事故之后看见我安全无恙，他是多么高兴，但他激动得说不出话来。

4 . One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a delicate operation, he quickly recovered his sight.
他的一只眼睛在事故中受伤，但经过精细的手术以后很快恢复了视力。

5 . It would be ignoble of me not to participate in this action because of the accident of this message.
为了送信而不参加这次袭击，我就丢脸了。