Coincidence
[kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns] or [ko'ɪnsɪdəns]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; 'he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs'.
(noun.) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.
编辑:波西亚--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.
(n.) The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
(n.) Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
整理:奥利维亚
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Correspondence.[2]. Agreement, concurrence, consistency.
录入:沃尔特
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Chance, fortuity, casualty, concurrence, correspondence, contemporaneousness,commensurateness, harmony, agreement, consent
ANT:Design, purpose, adaptation, synchronism, anachronism, disharmony,incommensurateness, discordance, variation, difference
录入:雷内
例句:
- A coincidence! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The coincidence of the ideal of progress with the advance of science is not a mere coincidence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- And it is now well known that he attributes this coincidence to descent with modification. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- I know Jackie will say, Here's a coincidence! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It is true that my absence was for a temporary period only, but the coincidence was, in my opinion, not the less remarkable on that account. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is a remarkable coincidence that Watt's steam engine patent and Arkwright's first patent for his spinning machine were issued in the same year--1769. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The odds are enormous against its being coincidence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- I remember as a coincidence that the building was only twenty feet wide. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Remarkable coincidence that 'ere, sir,' replied Sam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Dear me,' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, quite staggered by the coincidence; 'what a very extraordinary thing! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- My dear Handel, Herbert would say to me, in all sincerity, if you will believe me, those very words were on my lips, by a strange coincidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Such is coincidence! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- But the coincidences in the numbers which follow are in favour of the explanation. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Dear me,' said Mr. Magnus, 'I never knew anything like these extraordinary coincidences. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He didn't call it a particularly curious coincidence; most coincidences were curious. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- It is natural for the mind to recall these dark coincidences on the present day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
校对:诺艾尔