Incident
['ɪnsɪd(ə)nt] or ['ɪnsɪdənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a single distinct event.
(noun.) a public disturbance; 'the police investigated an incident at the bus station'.
(adj.) falling or striking of light rays on something; 'incident light' .
整理:玛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
(a.) Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
(a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
(a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
(n.) That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.
(n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
(n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
雨果錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Happening, liable to happen.[2]. Belonging, pertaining, appertaining, relating.[3]. (Optics.) Falling, impinging.
n. Event, occurrence, circumstance.
手打:温迪
同義詞及反義詞:
[See INCIDENCE_and_EVENT]
黛安娜校對
解釋/意思:
adj. falling upon: liable to occur: naturally belonging to anything or following therefrom.—n. that which happens: an event: a subordinate action: an episode.—n. In′cidence the manner of falling: bearing or onus as of a tax that falls unequally: the falling of a ray of heat light &c. on a body: (geom.) the falling of a point on a line or a line on a plane.—adj. Incident′al occurring as a result concomitant: occasional casual.—adv. Incident′ally.—n. Incident′alness.—Angle of incidence the angle at which a ray of light or radiant heat falls upon a surface.
手打:穆里尔
例句/造句/用法:
- We had walked through two armies without incident. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Riviere's visit, and his intention had been to bury the incident in his bosom. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- But the incident is an admirable starting-point for an investigation. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- One day, it was the ninth of September, seemed devoted to every disaster, to every harrowing incident. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There is not much of what you call incident in it. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A nation bent upon a policy of social invention would make its tools an incident. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I didn't go to do it, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, in some degree abashed by the very unexpected occurrence of the incident. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And now, on the top of this, comes the incident of the wineglasses. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- An incident of evaporation is the passing from the limited volume of a liquid to the greatly increased volume of a gas. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- One incident tells how he was found one day in the village square copying laboriously the signs of the stores. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I was not averse to doing this, as it served to make me and my boat a commoner incident among the water-side people there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But in its case, the quality of the resulting knowledge is the controlling factor and not an incident of the activity. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- That incident of the picture had finished him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- She went on directing her conversation to the past, and seeming to recall its incidents, scenes, and personageswith singular vividness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- You will find it rather disconnected, I fear, and there may prove to be little relation between the different incidents of which I speak. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I believe that the strange incidents connected with it will afford a view of nature, which may enlarge your faculties and understanding. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- In the midst of his activities occurred one of the most extraordinary incidents in history. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- So would I also wish to change some incidents of it for others more favourable. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- A few incidents now and then directed me, and I possessed a map of the country; but I often wandered wide from my path. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The episode of Nettie Crane's timely rescue from disease had been one of the most satisfying incidents of her connection with Gerty's charitable work. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Where is the road now, and its merry incidents of life? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The public and shameless sale of beautiful mulatto and quadroon girls has acquired a notoriety, from the incidents following the capture of the Pearl. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- We need not trouble about the incidents of the campaign. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If the salaries of officers, and other incidents, therefore, amount to more than ten per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Two incidents of the little interview were felt by Miss Bella herself, when alone again, to be very curious. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It would not do to permit incidents of this sort to affect one's nerves. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
校對:劳伦斯