1. 1巧合的

    If something is coincidental, it happened by chance. Nobody planned it. Two friends wearing the same shirt can be coincidental. A detective might say a meeting was purely coincidental, meaning it was not a secret plan. This is the everyday cousin of , but the extra idea is luck, not just at the same time. If two events were meant to happen together, they are , not coincidental. Fine in speech and in writing; a little more than by chance.

core核心畫面

組成From co- (“together”) + incidental (“happening as a side thing, not planned as the main thing”).

同家族的字

  • coincidethe verb in the same chance-and-timing family
  • coincidencethe noun: a chance happening-together
  • coincidentsame root idea of together, but without the luck meaning
  • incidentalthe word co- was added to; a side thing, not the main plan
  • coincidentallythe adverb: by chance

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

coincidentaladj/ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/

  • 1

    Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.

    • Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
  • 2

    Happening or existing at the same time.

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