coincidence
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning. 巧合
Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated to Mr. Roman's departure. 貝里先生說時間的安排是個巧合,而且他的決策與羅曼先生的離去毫無關(guān)系。
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coincidence /k????ns?d?ns/ (coincidences)
劍橋詞典
- We hadn't planned to be in France at the same time as Ann and Charles - it was just a happy coincidence.
- Meeting you here in Rome is a remarkable coincidence.
- By some extraordinary coincidence, I sat down right opposite your mother in the train .
- Do you think it was just a coincidence that she chose her own granddaughter's picture for first prize ?
- There were a whole series of spooky coincidences - for example we both married men with the same name and on the same day .
- We hadn't planned to be in France at the same time as Ann and Charles - it was just a happy coincidence.
- Meeting you here in Rome is a remarkable coincidence.
- By some extraordinary coincidence, I sat down right opposite your mother in the train .
- Do you think it was just a coincidence that she chose her own granddaughter's picture for first prize ?
- There were a whole series of spooky coincidences - for example we both married men with the same name and on the same day . 返回 coincidence
coincidence noun (SAME TIME)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time , especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising
同時發(fā)生;(尤指令人吃驚的)巧合,碰巧的事
You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence! 你選的壁紙跟我們的一模一樣——真巧!
Is it just a coincidence that the wife of the man who ran the competition won first prize ? 贏得頭等獎的人是競賽組織者的老婆,這難道僅僅是巧合嗎?
a series of strange /amazing coincidences 一系列奇怪/令人驚訝的巧合
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coincidence noun (CHANCE)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]chance or luck
偶然的機遇,運氣
Just by coincidence, I met my old schoolmate again 50 years later . 純粹是碰巧了,我在50年后又遇到了我的老同學。
[ 詞或詞組后面接一個that從句 ] It was pure /sheer coincidence that I remembered his phone number . 我記住他的電話號碼純屬偶然。
By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened . 事情發(fā)生時他碰巧路過這所房子。
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