accidental

英式音标：[ˌæksɪˈdentl]

美式音标：[ˌæksɪˈdɛntl]

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概况：

adj. 意外的；偶然的；附属的；临时记号的

n. 次要方面；非主要的特性；临时记号

词义：

adj.

意外的，偶然（发生）的；附属的；

n.

偶然；次要方面；

变形

复数：accidentals

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

偶然的; 意外的 happening by chance; not planned

英英释义

accidental[ ,æksi'dentəl ]

n.a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

adj.

associated by chance and not an integral part

"poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"

同义词：adventitious

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

"their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"

同义词：casualchance(a)

without intention (especially resulting from heedless action)

"accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

同义词：inadvertent

用法：

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

accidental damage意外损伤

accidental death意外死亡

accidental engagement遭遇战

accidental error随机误差

accidental harm误伤

accidental injury意外伤害

accidental loss意外损失

accidental meeting邂逅

词组短语

accidental death意外死亡；非正常死亡

accidental damage意外损坏

accidental explosion意外爆炸，偶发性爆炸

accidental error偶然误差；偶然性错误；随机误差

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Banging may also be accidental and painful.
这种撞击也可以是意外的及产生痛苦的。

He discovered an accidental error in his composition.
他在作文里发现了一个意外的错误。

Their marriage was quite accidental.
他们的结合是偶然的。

Your sin's not accidental, but a trade.
你的犯罪不是偶然的过失，你已经把它当作一件不足为奇的常事。

用作名词(n.)

Their marriage was quite accidental.
他们的结合是偶然的。

These observed geometric facts are not accidental.
这些已观测到的几何事实并非偶然。

权威例句

Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.

Staphylococcus epidermidis — the 'accidental' pathogen

The Genomic Sequence of the Accidental Pathogen Legionella pneumophila

Staphylococcus epidermidis |[mdash]| the 'accidental' pathogen

Mitochondrial implication in accidental and programmed cell death: apoptosis and necrosis.

Outcome of Survivors of Accidental Deep Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest Treated with Extracorporeal Blood Warming

Cytometry in cell necrobiology: analysis of apoptosis and accidental cell death (necrosis)

The Cathedral & The Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Quantitation in positron emission computed tomography: 4. Effect of accidental coincidences

The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

同义词：unexpected,surprising,sudden,subsidiary,occasional

同根词：accidentally,accident

英语词源：

accidental (adj.)

late 14c., "non-essential," from Old French accidentel or directly from Medieval Latin accidentalis, from Latin accidentem (see accident). Meaning "outside the normal course of nature" is from early 15c.; that of "coming by chance" is from 1570s.

accidental (n.)

late 14c., "non-essential quality," from accidental (adj.). The musical sense is from 1868.

造句：

1. an accidental meeting

偶然的相遇,邂逅

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Our deterrent weapons are guarded against accidental explosion or use.

我们的威慑武器都有人守卫，防范意外爆炸或使用。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. A transparent cover is provided to protect the disc against accidental marking or smudging.

圆盘外有透明的防护罩，以免偶然在圆盘上弄上污点或线迹。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. No more than 500 milliliters per bottle are used on any child to avoid accidental overload.

任何年令组每次瓶内都不要超过500毫升，以防超负荷所引起的意外。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. Large accidental spills have occurred.

发生大量泄漏事故。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. Design should incorporate provisions to avoid any accidental collapse of a bed full of solids.

在设计中应考虑如何避免丰富的固体床层由于意外事故而崩塌。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. Signal which prevents accidental operation by spurious signals or avoids possible ambiguity.

防止假信号的意外作用或者避免二义性而设置的信号。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. Users rarely want to drag an object only one or two pixels across the screen. (And even in cases where they do, such as in drawing programs, it’s useful to require a little extra effort to do so, in order to prevent frequent accidental repositioning.)

用户很少想在屏幕上拖动一两个像素（即使在一些制图软件中，用户可能需要仅仅移动一两个像素还是有必要让用户多花费一点点力气来操作，这样可以避免频繁的不必要的重新定位）。

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9. The one thing that must never happen is accidental deployment of the ejector seat (see Figure 10-8).

我们要确保弹射座椅操作杆绝不可能被意外使用（参见图10-8）。

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10. Touchable objects should be large enough to be manipulated with a finger, high contrast, colorful, and well separated on the screen to avoid accidental selection.

单击对象应该足够大，这样才可以便于手指的操作，对比度要高，并且色彩要鲜明。 屏幕上各个对象之间不要太近，以防不小心误操作。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓