accidental
accidental 英 [ˌæksɪˈdentl] 美 [ˌæksɪˈdɛntl]
adj. 意外的；偶然的
名词复数:accidentals
- Anything accidental happens by chance or unintentionally. People don't mean to do accidental things.
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- adj. 意外的；偶然的
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1. a verdict of accidental death
意外死亡的裁决
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2. I didn't think our meeting was accidental—he must have known I would be there.
我认为我们相遇不是偶然的 — 他肯定知道我要去那里。
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3. As I turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face.
我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。
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4. The damage couldn't have been caused accidentally.
这次损毁不可能是偶然因素造成的。
- accidental (adj.) late 14c., "non-essential," from Old French accidentel or directly from Medieval Latin accidentalis, from Latin accidentem "an accident, chance" (see accident). Meaning "outside the normal course of nature" is from early 15c.; that of "coming by chance, unintentional" is from 1570s. Accidential (1811) sometimes serves now in the sense "characterized by non-essential qualities" and goes with accidence.
- accidental (n.) late 14c., "non-essential quality," from accidental (adj.). The musical sense is from 1868; so called because they alter the note without essentially changing the key of the passage.
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