1. accident可指導(dǎo)致某人受傷或某物受損的事故，也可指并非有意造成的意外事件

（1).(交通)事故;意外遭遇;不測事件;意外的事情

She was involved in a serious car accident last week.

上星期她卷入了一場嚴(yán)重的車禍。

The accident put her off driving for life.

那場事故讓她一生都不想開車了。

He lost the use of his legs in an accident.

他在一次事故中失去了雙腿的功能。

Fatal road accidents have decreased/increased in frequency over recent years.

近年來致命交通事故發(fā)生率已經(jīng)下降/上升。

fatal [?fe?tl] adj.致命的;災(zāi)難性的;毀滅性的;導(dǎo)致失敗的

frequency [?fri?kw?nsi]

n.(聲波或電磁波振動的)頻率;頻繁;發(fā)生率;出現(xiàn)率;重復(fù)率

News of a serious road accident is just coming in.

有關(guān)一起惡性交通事故的報(bào)道開始陸續(xù)傳來。

A traffic accident occurred this morning.

今天早上發(fā)生了交通事故。

It only takes one careless driver to cause an accident.

只要有一個(gè)粗心大意的駕駛員便會發(fā)生車禍。

Several people were crushed to death in the accident.

好幾個(gè)人在事故中壓死了。

New drivers have twice as many accidents as experienced drivers.

新駕駛員所出的事故是老駕駛員的兩倍。

They had to be cut free from their car after the accident.

事故后，得破開汽車把他們救出來。

I remember little of the days that followed the accident.

那次事故以后的日子我記不大清楚了。

Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident.

警方仍在努力確定事故的原因。

establish [??st?bl??]

vt.創(chuàng)立;設(shè)立;建立(尤指正式關(guān)系);確立;使立足;使穩(wěn)固;獲得接受;查實(shí)

The government has ordered an investigation into the accident.

政府要求對事故進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

The police have completed their investigations into the accident.

警察已完成對這次事故的調(diào)查。

The company has announced that it will undertake a full investigation into the accident.

公司已經(jīng)宣布將對這次事故進(jìn)行全面調(diào)查。

investigation [?n?vest??ɡe??n]

n.調(diào)查;(正式的)偵查;科學(xué)研究;學(xué)術(shù)研究

The accident happened through no fault of her own.

這一事故的發(fā)生不是她本人的過錯。

a car/road/traffic accident

車禍；公路事故；交通事故

He was killed in an accident .

他死于一次車禍。

One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers.

每七次交通事故就有一次是駕車者困倦造成的。

The accident happened at 3 p.m.

事故發(fā)生于下午3點(diǎn)鐘。

to have an accident

出事故

a serious/minor accident

嚴(yán)重 / 輕微事故

accidents in the home

家中發(fā)生的意外事件

a climbing/riding accident

登山 / 騎馬不幸意外事件

The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.

事故是在噴氣式飛機(jī)正要起飛時(shí)發(fā)生的。

Accidents like this happen all the time.

此類事故經(jīng)常發(fā)生。

Have you reported the accident to the police yet?

你將這次事故報(bào)警了嗎？

These measures would make a valuable contribution towards reducing industrial accidents.

這些措施將會對減少工業(yè)事故起重要的作用。

contribution ?kɑ?ntr??bju??n] n.捐款;捐資;(給雇主或政府用作醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)、養(yǎng)老金等津貼的)定期繳款;貢獻(xiàn);促成作用;一則，一條，稿件;捐贈

Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip.

去旅行前要辦理好意外保險(xiǎn)。

I didn't mean to break it─ it was an accident .

我不是故意打碎它的——這是個(gè)意外。

I'm sorry about breaking the glass – it was an accident.

我很抱歉打碎了玻璃杯-這是個(gè)意外。

No passenger was injured badly in the (car, traffic, road) accident.

事故中沒有乘客受重傷。

A crowd soon collected at the scene of the accident.

事故現(xiàn)場很快聚集了一群人。

The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.

事故過去后很長時(shí)間交通才恢復(fù)暢通。

Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident.

早些時(shí)候的交通事故過后，現(xiàn)在交通通暢些了。

It's hard to say what caused the accident.

很難說造成事故的原因是什么。

They were deeply disturbed by the accident.

事故使他們深感不安。

The accident brought his career to an abrupt end.

那次事故使他的事業(yè)戛然而止。

He showed great character returning to the sport after his accident.

他在出了事故后仍能重返體壇表現(xiàn)出他頑強(qiáng)的毅力。

He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident.

事故之后他有幾個(gè)星期失去記憶。

I read about the accident in the local paper.

我在當(dāng)?shù)氐膱?bào)紙上看到了這次事故。

（2）.偶然的事

We met by accidental the airport.

我們在機(jī)場偶然相遇。

Their early arrival was just an accident.

他們早到僅僅是偶然而已。

It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing.

男人擔(dān)任護(hù)理中大多數(shù)最重要的工作絕非偶然。

It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.

警匪劇在電視上盛行之時(shí)恰好是西部片衰退之際，這并非偶然。

an accident of birth/fate/history出生 / 命運(yùn) / 歷史的偶然性

She discovered the problem by accident.

她碰巧發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)問題。

They killed one of their accomplices by accident while robbing the bank.

他們搶劫這家銀行時(shí)誤殺了一名同伙。

The gun went off by accident.

槍走火了。

He sliced ( into) his fingers by accident when cutting vegetables.

他切菜時(shí)不小心切著了手指頭。

slice [sla?s]

n.片;部分;(切下的食物)薄片;份額;鍋鏟;(餐桌用)小鏟;削球

v.切;把…切成(薄)片;割;劃;削(球);斜切打;（無意中）打出弧線球;大幅度削減

I fell into my job quite by accident.

我從事這份工作完全是偶然。

We met by accident at the airport.

我們在機(jī)場不期而遇。

We met together by accident.

我們偶然相會。

2.incident（不好的事或異乎尋常的討厭的事）

（1）.發(fā)生的（不愉快的）事；事故，也指較小的事情

She gave the police a full account of the incident.

她向警方詳盡地?cái)⑹隽怂l(fā)生的事情。

The incident hardened her resolve to leave the company.

這件事使她更加堅(jiān)定了離開公司的決心。

The incident cast doubt on her motives and reliability.

這件事使人懷疑她有何動機(jī)，以及她是否可靠。

She denied all knowledge of the incident.

她矢口否認(rèn)知曉此事的任何情況。

The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.

媒體大肆渲染這件事。

We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.

我們需要了解事情發(fā)生的確切時(shí)間。

I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.

我可以相當(dāng)準(zhǔn)確地說出這件事發(fā)生的時(shí)間。

He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident.

他感到慶幸的是她未將此事告訴他父母。

This incident coloured her whole life.

這事件影響了她的一生。

The incident had shaken her faith in him.

這件事動搖了她對他的信心。

The incident didn't even rate a mention in the press.

這件事在報(bào)紙上連提都不值得一提。

We didn't let the incident spoil our day.

我們沒有讓這件事破壞我們一天的心情。

She promised never to mention the incident again.

她答應(yīng)再也不提那件事了。

His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident.

他的不良行為只是個(gè)別事件。

One particular incident sticks in my mind.

有一件事我總忘不了。

No trains will be affected by this incident.

沒有列車會受到這一事故的影響。

Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.

昨天晚上，警方演出了再現(xiàn)事故經(jīng)過的場景。

A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police.

警察的及時(shí)到來阻止了一次嚴(yán)重事故。

The incident made the listeners burst into laughter.

這個(gè)小插曲使聽眾哄然大笑。

（2）.嚴(yán)重事件，暴力事件（如犯罪、事故、襲擊等）

This incident reflects badly on everyone involved.

這一事件給所有相關(guān)人士都造成了惡劣影響。

Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.

警方呼吁目擊這一事件的人與他們聯(lián)系。

The incident caused a great deal of political mischief.

這一事件造成了嚴(yán)重的政治危害。

Many political incidents go unreported.

很多政治事件都沒有報(bào)道。

The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus.

這次事件使校園暴力成為焦點(diǎn)問題。

The incident has received wide coverage in the press.

這個(gè)事件已被新聞界廣泛報(bào)道。

The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.

這次事件成了干涉那個(gè)地區(qū)的借口。

There was a shooting incident near here last night.

昨夜這附近發(fā)生了槍擊事件。

The demonstration passed off without incident .

這次示威平靜地結(jié)束了。

The police said the attack was an isolated incident.

警方稱這次襲擊只是個(gè)別事件。

There was a shooting incident near here last night.

昨夜這附近發(fā)生了槍擊事件。

When exactly did the incident occur?

這一事件究竟是什么時(shí)候發(fā)生的？

The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen.

那一事件引發(fā)出一連串誰都沒有料到的事。

He was a witness of the incident.

他是這件事的目擊者。

The incident left a vivid impression on me.

這件事給我留下了深刻的印象。

It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident.

人們擔(dān)心這次襲擊可能不是孤立的事件。

（3）.(兩國間的)摩擦，沖突;(甚至)軍事沖突、敵對行動、暴力行動等

a border/diplomatic incident

邊境 / 外交沖突

The incident has further increased tension between the two countries.

這一沖突進(jìn)一步加劇了兩國之間的緊張關(guān)系。

These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations.

這些事件是兩國一系列爭端中最近發(fā)生的幾起。

3.event（可以指任何的事，也可指有意思或不尋常的事件，尤指重要的事件）

（1）.發(fā)生的任何事情;(尤指)重要事情，大事

Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.

事情本來可以發(fā)展成另一種樣子。

These events are history in the making.

這些事將載入史冊。

These events changed the course of history.

這些事件改變了歷史的進(jìn)程。

The event was widely covered by the mass media.

這一事件被大眾媒體廣泛報(bào)道。

Today people keep in touch with current events by reading online.

今天人們通過在線瀏覽了解時(shí)事。

The exact date of the event has escaped me.

我不知道事件發(fā)生的確切日期。（很生動、很形象的表達(dá)）

The election was the main event of 2022.

那次選舉是2022年的主要大事。

The discovery of X-rays was a big event in the history of physics.

X射線的發(fā)現(xiàn)是物理學(xué)史上的重大事件。

It was an event that would transform my life.

那是能夠徹底改變我一生的一件事。

Getting married was one of the major events in his life.

結(jié)婚是他一生中的大事之一。

There was saturation coverage of the event by the media.

媒體對這一事件做了連篇累牘的報(bào)道。

saturation [?s?t???re??n]

n.飽和;飽和狀態(tài);飽和度

coverage [?k?v?r?d?]

n.新聞報(bào)道;(書、課程學(xué)習(xí)、電視等的)信息范圍，信息質(zhì)量;提供的數(shù)量;覆蓋范圍(或方式)

The government is keen to put some distance between itself and these events.

政府急于想表示自己與這些事件無關(guān)。

（2）.公開活動; 社交

a fund-raising event

籌款活動

the social event of the year

本年度最重要的社交活動

Taking everything into consideration, the event was a great success.

總的說來，這項(xiàng)活動取得了極大的成功。

A lot of effort has gone into making this event a success.

為使這次活動成功費(fèi)了很大的勁。

My head was still buzzing after the day's events.

一天的活動結(jié)束后，我頭腦中還是鬧哄哄的。

buzz [b?z]

n.嗡嗡聲;蜂鳴聲;唧唧喳喳的談話聲;(愉快、興奮或成就的)強(qiáng)烈情感;傳聞，謠傳;( 蜂鳴器發(fā)出的 ) 信號聲， ( 電話發(fā)出的 ) 嗞嗞呼叫聲;.<口> ( 一次 ) 電話

v.（使）發(fā)出嗡嗡聲;（使）發(fā)出蜂鳴聲;充滿興奮(或活動等);用蜂鳴器（發(fā)信號）;飛近;（飛機(jī)）低空掠過;說閑話;<口>給…打電話

adj.（詞語、想法或活動）時(shí)髦的

No official permission has been given for the event to take place.

這項(xiàng)活動未得到正式批準(zhǔn)，不能進(jìn)行。

This is the biggest event we've ever catered for.

這是我們承辦過的最大型的活動。

cater [?ke?t?r]

v.迎合;(為社交活動)提供飲食，承辦酒席

n.(骰子,紙牌的)四點(diǎn)

A thousand balloons were released to mark the event.

為了紀(jì)念這次活動，釋放了一千個(gè)氣球。

（3）.(體育運(yùn)動的)比賽項(xiàng)目

This event was organized in association with the Sports Council.

這項(xiàng)賽事是與體育理事會聯(lián)合舉辦的。

The 800 metres is the fourth event of the afternoon.

800米賽是下午的第四項(xiàng)比賽。

4.主要區(qū)別

accident和incident是兩個(gè)不同的詞，有不同的用法范圍，要記住它們之間的基本區(qū)別：

accident是意外事件，是任何導(dǎo)致物品，健康甚至生命損失的不幸事件。多指事故；意外事件。

incident是指不好的事或異乎尋常的事。其發(fā)生可能有計(jì)劃，也可能沒有計(jì)劃；可能有積極，也可能有消極的影響；可能有損失，也可能沒損失。

簡單地說，所有accidents都是incidents，不是所有incidents都是accidents.

incident和event的區(qū)別，主要在event可以指任何的事，尤其指重要的事件，大多是有計(jì)劃的；incident可指不好的（?。┦禄虍惡鯇こ５氖?，也可指較小的事，也可以指敵對行動、軍事沖突、暴力行動（的事件）等。