【coincidence】 - A-level备考词汇

coincidence

UK:  [kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns]

US:  [koʊ'ɪnsɪdəns]

复数：coincidences  

n.

1.巧遇;巧合

2.一致,一致性

3.偶然,偶合;偶然的机遇

4.相合

5.〔数〕相等,叠合素

6.迭合

7.并发率

8.一致(性),符合;巧合,暗合;【数学】重合,叠合(素);同时发生[存在]

1 . Many market watchers don't think it a coincidence that the yuan gains began ahead of the hearings.
很多市场观察人士认为人民币在听证会开始前升值并非偶然。

2 . By coincidence, his wife is one of my classmate in college.
巧合的是他的妻子是我大学的一个同学。

3 . Wall Street's collapse just a few days after the LHC was switched on was deemed a coincidence.
华尔街的崩溃就在强子对撞机接通电源几天之后。这被认为纯属巧合。

4 . This is no more effective than prayer which when it does seem to work can be explained away as coincidence.
有时人们自我祈福后有所好转，就认为没有比祈祷更加有效的方法了，而这不过是巧合而已。

5 . It was a remarkable coincidence that our groups reached this long-sought breakthrough within only a few days of each other.
这两个小组在努力已久之后皆获得突破，时间上只差了几天，实在是非凡的巧合。