coincidence
柯林斯词典
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. 贝里先生说时间的安排是个巧合,而且他的决策与罗曼先生的离去毫无关系。
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coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ (coincidences)
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- 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)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time , especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising
同时发生;(尤指令人吃惊的)巧合,碰巧的事
You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence! 你选的壁纸跟我们的一模一样——真巧!
Is it just a coincidence that the wife of the man who ran the competition won first prize ? 赢得头等奖的人是竞赛组织者的老婆,这难道仅仅是巧合吗?
a series of strange /amazing coincidences 一系列奇怪/令人惊讶的巧合
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coincidence noun (CHANCE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]chance or luck
偶然的机遇,运气
Just by coincidence, I met my old schoolmate again 50 years later . 纯粹是碰巧了,我在50年后又遇到了我的老同学。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] It was pure /sheer coincidence that I remembered his phone number . 我记住他的电话号码纯属偶然。
By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened . 事情发生时他碰巧路过这所房子。
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