喜樂美語
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    /ˌæksəˈdentl/

    Happening by chance, with nobody planning it or meaning it to happen. It is used most often about something unwanted, such as damage, but also about a lucky discovery or a meeting that nobody arranged.

    意外的；偶然的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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It happened, but nobody put it there. No plan, no intention behind it — the result came from chance. Most often used when the result is damage or harm nobody wanted, but it works just as well for a lucky find or a meeting nobody arranged.

可以想成事情確實發生了，但背後沒有人安排：沒有計畫、沒有那個意思，是碰巧湊成的。最常見的用法是描述沒人想要的結果——…更多收起可以想成事情確實發生了，但背後沒有人安排：沒有計畫、沒有那個意思，是碰巧湊成的。最常見的用法是描述沒人想要的結果——accidental damage（意外造成的損壞）、an accidental death（意外死亡）；但只要「沒人刻意安排」這一點成立，好事也可以用，像 an accidental discovery（無意間的發現）。關鍵不在結果好壞，而在有沒有那隻「有意」的手。

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

accidentaladj/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/

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    Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

    • It would be absurd to say that Marxism was predestined to become the ideology of the self-glorifying Russian bureaucracy. Nevertheless, it contained essential features, as opposed to accidental or secondary ones, that made it adaptable to this purpose.
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    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesPertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicAdjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.

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    Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.

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    Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.

    • The discovery was purely accidental.
    • He was killed by an accidental gunshot.
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    geometrymathematicssciencesBeing a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

accidentalnoun/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/

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    A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

    • He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.
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    Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

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    Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。