n. 意外事件;事故;机遇,偶然;附属品;
💡 ac一再+cid降下+ent...的→偶然降临的事→偶然的事,意外
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
近义:hazard, luck, mischance, mishap, casualty, chance
反义:monotone, monotony, regularity, sameness, smoothness, standardization
vi. 发生;碰巧;出现;偶然遇到;
💡 hap(luck)+pen(动词后缀)→发生;偶然发生;碰巧
"It's frightening to think it could happen again."
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
近义:arise, issue, occur, pass, supervene, transpire