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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ac·ci·dent ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin accident-, accidens nonessential quality, chance, from present participle of accidere to happen, from ad- + cadere to fall — more at chance DATE 14th century 1. a. an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance b. lack of intention or necessity : chance met by accident rather than by design 2. a. an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance b. an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious a cerebrovascular accident c. an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought d. — used euphemistically to refer to an involuntary act or instance of urination or defecation 3. a nonessential property or quality of an entity or circumstance the accident of nationality English Etymology accident late 14c., "an occurrence, incident, event," from O.Fr . accident(12c.), from L. accidentum (nom. accidens, gen. accidentis), prp. of accidere "happen, fall out, fall upon," from ad- "to" + cadere "fall" (see case (1)). Meaning grew from "something that happens, an event," to "something that happens by chance," then "mishap."http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ accident ac·ci·dent / 5AksidEnt / noun1. [C] an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage (交通)事故；意外遭遇；不测事件: a car / road / traffic accident 车祸；公路事故；交通事故 He was killed in an accident. 他死于一次车祸。 One in eight accidents is caused by sleepy drivers. 每七次交通事故就有一次是驾车者困倦造成的。 The accident happened at 3 p.m. 事故发生于下午 3 点钟。 to have an accident 出事故 a serious / minor accident 严重/轻微事故 a fatal accident (= in which sb is killed) 死亡事故 accidents in the home 家中发生的意外事件 a climbing / riding accident 登山/骑马不幸意外事件 Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip. 你去旅行前要办理好意外保险。 I didn't mean to break it— it was an accident. 我不是故意打碎它的——这是个意外。 2. [C, U] something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance 意外；偶然的事: Their early arrival was just an accident. 他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。 It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing. 男人担任护理中大多数最重要的工作绝非偶然。 an accident of birth / fate / history (= describing facts and events that are due to chance or circumstances) 出生/命运/历史的偶然性 ⇨ note at luck IDIOMS ▪ 7accidents will 'happen people say accidents will happen to tell sb who has had an accident, for example breaking sth, that it does not matter and they should not worry 出事是难免的 ▪ by accident in a way that is not planned or organized 偶然；意外地 OPP on purpose , deliberately : We met by accident at the airport. 我们在机场不期而遇。 Helen got into acting purely by accident. 海伦当演员完全出于偶然。 ⇨ more at chapter , wait v. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English accident noun 1 unexpected event that causes damage/injury ADJ. dreadful, horrific, major, nasty, serious, terrible, tragic, unfortunate | fatal a fatal road accident | minor, slight | freak Their boat sank in a freak accident. | near (= that nearly happens, but does not) | hit-and-run | aircraft, canoeing, car, climbing, flying, industrial, motor, nuclear, road, traffic, etc. VERB + ACCIDENT be involved in, have, meet with She met with an accident while on holiday in Spain. | cause | prevent | survive ACCIDENT + VERB happen, occur, take place ACCIDENT + NOUN prevention | rates, statistics PREP. in an/the ~ PHRASES an accident involving He was badly hurt in an accident involving two cars and a lorry. | the scene of the accident The ambulance took only six minutes to reach the scene of the accident. 2 sth not planned in advance ADJ. pure, sheer By pure accident he had come across the very man who could solve the mystery. PREP. by ~ We met by accident at the airport. PHRASES be no accident that … It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs. | by accident or design It happened, whether by accident or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave. OLT accident noun ⇨ accident (a road accident)⇨ luck (an accident of fate) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ac·ci·dent \ˈaksədənt also -dənt or -ˌdent\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin accident-, accidens nonessential quality or circumstance, accident, chance, from present participle of accidere to happen, from ad- + -cidere (from cadere to fall) — more at chance 1. a. : an event or condition occurring by chance or arising from unknown or remote causes < by the accident that it was observed and noted down — Havelock Ellis > < happenings outside the range of probability which we would term historical accidents — M.J.Herskovits > b. : lack of intention or necessity : chance — often opposed to design < by accident rather than with an intention to utilize — Arnold Bennett > c. : an unforeseen unplanned event or condition < by a charming accident he had disposed of them to a chance buyer — Arnold Bennett > 2. a. : a usually sudden event or change occurring without intent or volition through carelessness, unawareness, ignorance, or a combination of causes and producing an unfortunate result < a traffic accident in which several persons were injured > b. : an unexpected medical development especially of an unfavorable or injurious nature occurring in apparently good health or during the course of a disease or a treatment < the paralytic accident occurred between the 8th and 21st day after the initial injection — Journal American Medical Association > < a cerebral accident > c. : an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but from the consequences of which he may be entitled to some legal relief 3. : an adventitious characteristic that is either inseparable from the individual and the species or separable from the individual but not the species; broadly : any fortuitous or nonessential property, fact, or circumstance < accident of appearance > < accident of reputation > < accident of situation > 4. : an irregularity of a surface (as of the moon) Synonyms: see chance , quality |
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