coincidence

英 [kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns]

美 [koʊˈɪnsɪdəns]

n.  (令人吃惊的)巧合，巧事; 同时存在; 并存; (意见等的)相同，相符，一致

复数：coincidences　

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牛津词典

noun

• （令人吃惊的）巧合，巧事
  the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way
  1. a strange/an extraordinary/a remarkable coincidence
     奇怪的 / 不同寻常的 / 惊人的巧合
  2. What a coincidence! I wasn't expecting to see you here.
     真巧！我没料到会在这里见到你。
  3. It's not a coincidence that none of the directors are women (= it did not happen by chance) .
     没有一位董事是女性，这并非偶然。
  4. By (sheer) coincidence , I met the person we'd been discussing the next day.
     真是巧了，我在第二天遇见了我们一直在谈论的那个人。
• 同时存在；并存
  the fact of things being present at the same time
  1. the coincidence of inflation and unemployment
     通货膨胀与失业的并存
• （意见等的）相同，相符，一致
  the fact of two or more opinions, etc. being the same
  1. a coincidence of interests between the two partners
     两个合伙人之间利益的一致

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 巧合;巧事
  Acoincidenceis when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
  1. Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated to Mr. Roman's departure...
     贝里先生说这是时间上的巧合，他的决定与罗曼先生的离开没有关系。
  2. ...a string of amazing coincidences...
     一连串惊人的巧合
  3. The premises of Chabert and Sons were situated by the river and, by coincidence, not too far away from where Eric Talbot had met his death.
     查伯特父子公司的经营场所位于河边，碰巧的是，那儿离埃里克·塔尔博特身亡的地方不太远。

英英释义

noun

• the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
  1. the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
  Synonym:concurrenceconjunctionco-occurrence
• the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
  1. he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
• an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  Synonym:happenstance

双语例句

• It is no coincidence that the works in the 'standard repertoire' tend to have names.
  在“标准剧目”中的作品有各自的名字并非偶然。
• Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence?
  运气和巧合的本质是什么？
• Is there any coincidence between his opinions and your own?
  他的观点与你自己的有无一致之处？
• It was simply one of those things, pure coincidence.
  这是没办法的事，纯属巧合。
• That's probably not a coincidence, is it?
  这也许不是巧合，对不对？
• What an odd coincidence that he should have known your family
  他居然认识你的家人，真是太巧了。
• I met her because of a lucky coincidence.
  一个偶然的机缘，我和她相识了。
• It was just a coincidence, my meeting Madame here.
  我和夫人在这里相会，只是个巧合。
• What a coincidence! he came just as I was looking for him.
  我正要找他，他自己来了，真是无巧不巧。
• By happy coincidence, Robert met Richard and Julia and discovered they were experiencing similar problems.
  幸运的是，罗伯特碰巧遇到了理查德和朱莉娅，发现原来他们也碰到了类似的问题。