accident和incident的區(qū)別
1. accident 指偶然發(fā)生的不幸事件,即“事故”;incident 則指普通的小事件,也指暴力性的政治事件。如:
About ten people were killed in the car accident. 在這次車禍中大約有10個人喪生。
That was one of the strangest incidents in my life. 那是我一生中較奇怪的事情之一。
The book is about the July 7th Incident. 這本書是關(guān)于七七事變的。
2. 在習語 by accident (偶然地)中,不能用 incident。如:
I found the wallet quite by accident. 我找到這個錢包純屬偶然。