问英语
原书主词条 · 3 个连续词条

accident

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上面的试题是“高兴地接受邀请”，故只能用 accepted，而不能用 received。

说明

上面的试题是“高兴地接受邀请”，故只能用 accepted，而不能用 received。

  1. Did you receive my letter? 您收到我的信了吗?

  2. Have you received a copy of our latest report? 你是否接到一份我们最近的报告?

  3. I cannot accept this gift. 我不能接受这份礼物。

  4. He accepted my gift with a smile. 他微笑着接受了我的礼物。

请做下面的英语试题：

  1. He told me that he ____ the invitation but he didn't ____ it. A. had received... receive B. had accepted... accept C. had received... accept D. had accepted... receive

  2. Mary finally ____ Bruce as her life-long companion.

A. received B. accepted C. made D. honoured(上海高考,02-42)

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accident/incident

问

（1）The discovery was a happy accident. （2）Your meeting us was a mere accident.

有一本英语辨异词典上说,accident 与 incident 的重要区别,就是“前者是指‘意外的事故’,尤其是不幸的事故”。

根据这种说法,上面的 accident 显然是用错了。是这样吗?

答

应当记住, accident 有两个常见含义:1. 意外事故(something unpleasant, undesirable, or damaging), 如 traffic accident(交通事故), car accident(车祸)。2. 偶然发生的事(可以是好事,也可以是坏事)。上面的两个例句中的 accident 属于后一用法。

  1. It was just an accident that I found the missing letter. (好事) 我找到了那封丢失了的信,完全是偶然的。

  2. I'm sorry I broke your watch—it was an accident. (坏事) 对不起,我把你的手表弄坏了——不是存心的。

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accident/incident/event

问

如何区分这三个词？

答

accident 往往指“偶然的事故”，尤其是不幸的事故：

  1. I had an accident when I was driving to work — my car hit a tree. 我开车上班时出了事故——我的汽车撞在树上了。

  2. There has been a road accident. 发生了一起交通事故。

incident 则是指“不好的或异乎寻常的事件”，可能是大事件，也可能是小事件。

  1. Josie told us about a funny incident at school, when her teacher fell in the pond! 乔西告诉我们一件学校里可笑的事，她的老师掉进池塘里了！

  2. There was a strange incident in the supermarket today. 今天,超级市场里发生了一件怪事。

  3. The July 7th Incident of 1937 is an important one in the history of China. 1937 年的七七事变是中国历史上的一件大事。

event 则是指“重大的历史事件”或日常生活中的重要事件：

  1. social/sporting event 社会重大事件/体育比赛

  2. Hong Kong's return to China is one of the chief events of 1997. 香港回归中国是1997年的大事之一。

  3. That night a terrible event occurred. 那天夜里发生了一件可怕的事。

The border ____ is worthy of special attention.

A. incident B. accident C. happening D. occurring

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