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accident
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural accidents
plural accidents
Learner's definition of ACCIDENT
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1
: a sudden event (such as a crash) that is not planned or intended and that causes damage or injury事故；意外遭遇
- We got in a car accident. = We had a car accident.我们遭遇了车祸。
- a traffic accident交通事故
- a fatal accident死亡事故
- a motorcycle accident摩托车事故
- He was injured in an accident at work.他工作时出意外受了伤。
- The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice.这场事故的起因是她的汽车在冰上打滑。
- Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.调查员们还在努力确定事故的起因。
- “I'm sorry that I broke the bowl.” “That's OK. It was just an accident.” = “That's OK. Accidents will happen.”“对不起，我把碗打碎了。”“没关系。这只是个意外。”
◊ An accident waiting to happen is a person or thing that is dangerous or unsafe.危险人物危险事件
- My brother is the clumsiest person I know. He's just an accident waiting to happen.我弟弟简直笨透了。他就会惹祸。
2
: an event that is not planned or intended : an event that occurs by chance意外；偶发事件
- Their meeting was an accident.他们的碰面纯属偶然。
- It is just an accident that they arrived when they did.我们两拨人碰巧同时到了。
- She says that her pregnancy was an accident.她说自己的怀孕是个意外。
- His wealth is a mere accident of birth. [=he is wealthy only because he was born into a wealthy family]他之所以富有仅仅是因为他碰巧生在了有钱人家。
- He says that no one is to blame for his illness. It was just an accident of nature. [=something that happened naturally]他说自己的病谁也不能怪，只是凑巧赶上了。
- It is no accident that the assistant he hired is so good-looking. [=he deliberately chose a good-looking person to be his assistant]他雇了一个长得那么漂亮的助理绝不是偶然。
by accident
: in a way that is not planned or intended偶然；碰巧
- They met by accident. [=by chance]他们碰巧遇上了。
- She says that she became pregnant by accident. [=unintentionally]她说她意外怀孕了。
- Scientists discovered the vaccine almost/quite/entirely by accident.科学家们发现这种疫苗，几乎/实在/完全是个偶然。
- Did it happen by accident [=accidentally] or by design?这件事是意外还是事先设计好的？
accident
noun
ac·ci·dent ˈak-sə-dənt 
-ˌdent
-ˌdent ˈaks-dənt
Example Sentences
He was injured in an accident at work. The accident happened when her car slid on a patch of ice. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident. Their meeting was an accident.
Recent Examples on the Web Wise, a truck driver and stunt driver, burned to death in a car accident at Myrtle Beach Speedway in South Carolina in 1999. 
Jozsef Papp, ajc, 6 Sep. 2022 This was for Caleb VanHooser and Christian Eubanks, the two Indiana State football players who died in a car accident on Aug. 22 before ever playing a college game. Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 Jermani Thompson was servicing a Frontier Airlines flight around 10 p.m. when the accident happened, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 According to the Alabama State Troopers crash report, the accident happened at 4:56 p.m. on Saturday, June 25. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022 The accident happened at the intersection of 55th Street and South La Grange Road at around 6:41 p.m. Sunday, said Countryside police Chief Joseph Ford Jr. in an email. Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 The accident happened before 2 a.m. in the small town of Riley, about 10 miles from the university's campus. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 According to the officials, the accident happened near the town of Jalalpur Peerwala in Punjab province. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Police said the accident happened about 7:19 p.m. in the 5700 block of West Fond du Lac Avenue. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2022 See More
Jozsef Papp, ajc, 6 Sep. 2022 This was for Caleb VanHooser and Christian Eubanks, the two Indiana State football players who died in a car accident on Aug. 22 before ever playing a college game. Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 Jermani Thompson was servicing a Frontier Airlines flight around 10 p.m. when the accident happened, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 According to the Alabama State Troopers crash report, the accident happened at 4:56 p.m. on Saturday, June 25. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022 The accident happened at the intersection of 55th Street and South La Grange Road at around 6:41 p.m. Sunday, said Countryside police Chief Joseph Ford Jr. in an email. Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 The accident happened before 2 a.m. in the small town of Riley, about 10 miles from the university's campus. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 According to the officials, the accident happened near the town of Jalalpur Peerwala in Punjab province. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Police said the accident happened about 7:19 p.m. in the 5700 block of West Fond du Lac Avenue. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, "happening, nonessential property, diseased condition, disturbance (of the mind)," borrowed from Anglo-French, "irregularity, incident, symptom," borrowed from Latin accident-, accidens "chance event, contingent attribute" (translating Greek symbebēkós), from present participle of accidere "to fall down, impinge on, be heard, happen," from ad- ad- + cadere "to fall" — more at chance entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Time Traveler
The first known use of accident was in the 14th century Phrases Containing accident
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noun²
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