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

• There was a coincidence of opinions between the two sides.
  双方意见暗合。
• 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。
• It was just a coincidence, my meeting Madame here.
  我和夫人在这里相会，只是个巧合。
• I'm asking you, is this a coincidence?
  我问你呢，这是不是个巧合？
• 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。
• It's too coincidental to be just a coincidence.
  这太巧合了，绝不仅仅是个巧合。
• It is a mere coincidence that they see eye to eye on this point.
  他们在这一点上见解一致完全是偶合。
• 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。
• What a coincidence that I was just going to see him when he came.
  我正要去找他，他就来了，真是巧劲儿。
• I met her because of a lucky coincidence.
  一个偶然的机缘，我和她相识了。