accident 音标拼音: ['æksədənt]
n . 事故,意外事件,车祸;意外,偶然
事故,意外事件,车祸;意外,偶然
accident n 1 :
an unfortunate mishap ;
especially one causing damage or injury 2 :
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause ; "
winning the lottery was a happy accident ";
"
the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck "; "
it was due to an accident or fortuity " [
synonym : {
accident }, {
stroke }, {
fortuity },
{
chance event }]
Accident \
Ac "
ci *
dent \,
n . [
F .
accident ,
fr .
L .
accidens ,
-
dentis ,
p .
pr .
of accidere to happen ;
ad cadere to fall .
See {
Cadence }, {
Case }.]
1 .
Literally ,
a befalling ;
an event that takes place without one '
s foresight or expectation ;
an undesigned ,
sudden ,
and unexpected event ;
chance ;
contingency ;
often ,
an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character ;
a casualty ;
a mishap ;
as ,
to die by an accident .
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Of moving accidents by flood and field . --
Shak .
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Thou cam '
st not to thy place by accident :
It is the very place God meant for thee . --
Trench .
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2 . (
Gram .)
A property attached to a word ,
but not essential to it ,
as gender ,
number ,
case .
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3 . (
Her .)
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms .
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4 . (
Log .)
(
a )
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it ,
as whiteness in paper ;
an attribute .
(
b )
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance ,
as sweetness ,
softness .
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5 .
Any accidental property ,
fact ,
or relation ;
an accidental or nonessential ;
as ,
beauty is an accident .
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This accident ,
as I call it ,
of Athens being situated some miles from the sea . --
J .
P .
Mahaffy .
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6 .
Unusual appearance or effect . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Note :
Accident ,
in Law ,
is equivalent to casus ,
or such unforeseen ,
extraordinary ,
extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation .
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
accident ":
accessary ,
accessory ,
accidental ,
addendum ,
addition ,
adjunct ,
adventure ,
appendage ,
appurtenance ,
auxiliary ,
blow ,
blunder ,
calamity ,
casualty ,
cataclysm ,
catastrophe ,
chance ,
chance hit ,
collateral ,
collision ,
coming to be ,
contingency ,
contingent ,
contretemps ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
destiny ,
disaster ,
event ,
eventuality ,
eventuation ,
extra ,
fate ,
fluke ,
fortuity ,
fortune ,
freak accident ,
grief ,
hap ,
happening ,
happenstance ,
hazard ,
ill hap ,
incidence ,
incidental ,
inessential ,
kismet ,
long odds ,
long shot ,
luck ,
lucky shot ,
materialization ,
mere chance ,
misadventure ,
mischance ,
misfortune ,
mishap ,
mistake ,
nasty blow ,
nonessential ,
not -
self ,
other ,
pileup ,
realization ,
secondary ,
serendipity ,
shipwreck ,
shock ,
smash ,
smashup ,
staggering blow ,
subsidiary ,
superaddition ,
supplement ,
tragedy ,
unessential ,
wreck ACCIDENT ,
practice .
This term in chancery jurisprudence ,
signifies such unforeseen events ,
misfortunes ,
losses ,
acts or omissions ,
as are not the result of any negligence or misconduct in the party .
Francis '
Max .
M .
120 ,
p .
87 ;
1 Story on Eq .
Sec .
78 .
Jeremy defines it as used in courts of equity ,
to be "
an occurrence in relation to a contract ,
which was not anticipated by the parties ,
when the same was entered into ,
and which gives an undue advantage to one of them over the other in a court of law ."
Jer .
on Eq .
358 .
This definition is objected to ,
because as accident may arise in relation to other things besides contracts ,
it is inaccurate in confining accidents to contracts ;
besides ,
it does not exclude cases of unanticipated occurrences ,
resulting from the negligence or misconduct of the party seeking relief .
1 Story on Eq .
Sec .
78 ,
note 1 .
2 .
In general ,
courts of equity will relieve a party who cannot obtain justice in consequence of an accident ,
which will justify the interposition of a court of equity .
The jurisdiction being concurrent ,
will be maintained only ,
first ,
when a court of law cannot grant suitable relief ;
and ,
secondly ,
when the party has a conscientious title to relief .
3 .
Many accidents are redressed in a court of law ;
as loss of deeds ,
mistakes in receipts and accounts ,
wrong payments ,
death ,
which makes it impossible to perform a condition literally ,
and a multitude of other contingencies ;
and many cannot be redressed even in a court of equity ;
is if by accident a recovery is ill suffered ,
a contingent remainder destroyed ,
or a power of leasing omitted in a family settlement .
3 Bl .
Comm .
431 .
Vide ,
generally ,
Com .
Dig .
Chancery ,
3 F 8 ;
1 Fonb .
Eq .
B .
1 ,
c .
3 ,
s .
7 ;
Coop .
Eq .
Pl .
129 ;
1 Chit .
Pr .
408 ;
Harr .
Ch .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Dane '
s Ab .
h .
t .;
Wheat .
Dig .
48 ;
Mitf .
Pl .
Index ,
h .
t .;
1 Madd .
Ch .
Pr .
23 ;
10 Mod .
R .
1 ,
3 ;
3 Chit .
Bl .
Com .
426 ,
n .
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