coincidence UK [kəʊ'ɪnt.sɪ.dənts] US [koʊ-] noun ADVANCED countable ■an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising 同时发生;(尤指令人吃惊的)巧合,碰巧的事•You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence!你选的壁纸跟我们的一模一样——真巧! •Is it just a coincidence that the wife of the man who ran the competition won first prize?赢得冠军的人是竞赛组织者的老婆,这难道只是巧合吗? •a series of strange/amazing coincidences一连串奇怪/令人惊讶的巧合 ADVANCED uncountable ■chance or luck 偶然的机遇,运气•Just by coincidence, I met my old school-mate again fifty years later.纯粹是碰巧了,我在50年后又遇到了我的老同学。 •[+ that] It was pure/sheer coincidence that I remembered his phone number.我记住他的电话号码纯属偶然。 •By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened.事情发生时他碰巧路过这所房子。 |