n. 意外事件;事故;機遇,偶然;附屬品;
?? ac一再+cid降下+ent...的→偶然降臨的事→偶然的事,意外
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他對該事故不負任何責任。
近義:hazard, luck, mischance, mishap, casualty, chance
反義:monotone, monotony, regularity, sameness, smoothness, standardization
vi. 發生;碰巧;出現;偶然遇到;
?? hap(luck)+pen(動詞后綴)→發生;偶然發生;碰巧
"It's frightening to think it could happen again."
想到此事可能再次發生就使人不寒而栗。
近義:arise, issue, occur, pass, supervene, transpire