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 coincidence [kәu'insidәns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 巧合, 同时发生

[电] 符合计数器


  1. What a coincidence!
    多巧的事啊!
  2. By coincidence, we arrived here at the same time.
    我们凑巧一同到达这儿。
  3. The plot of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be realistic.
    这部小说的情节多靠巧合安排而无真实感。


coincidence
[ noun ]
  1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

  2. <noun.event>
  3. the quality of occupying the same position or area in space

  4. <noun.attribute>
    he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
  5. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

  6. <noun.attribute>
    the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable


Coincidence \Co*in"ci*dence\ (k[-o]*[i^]n"s[i^]*dens), n. [Cf.
F. co["i]ncidence.]
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as,
the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley.

2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as,
the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson.

3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result,
circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

The very concurrence and coincidence of so many
evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M.
Hale.

Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . .
. affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and
goodness. --South.

  1. Some traders said the dollar's slide following the report's release was only a coincidence, explaining that the U.S. currency, in testing the upper end of the day's range, had exhausted buying interest.
  2. The aide to Mr. Rostenkowski said it was a coincidence that the Ways and Means chairman's change of heart came in the same week that President Bush reversed his position on tax increases.
  3. A survey I have conducted shows that this view is not remarkably widespread - largely, perhaps, because Belgium is a kingdom. Nevertheless, the arrest of Pineau-Valencienne does lead to consideration of another astounding coincidence.
  4. But Walesa said it was no coincidence that the shipyard was the first industrial enterprise in the country to fall victim to the budget ax.
  5. The coincidence of the election aside, it seems the market is nervous about the Pounds 465m flotation of Waste Management International.
  6. Mr. Santos says it's no coincidence that he has received six calls from foreign investment bankers in the past month, more than he received in most years in the past decade.
  7. Turkey said it had demanded their expulsion but the Ministry of Defence in London said their departure was coincidence.
  8. The Vatican has said the date was a coincidence.
  9. But it has happened, and we are faced with the outcome of acts some of which have come by chance, by pure coincidence and some which have come actually by deliberate feeling.
  10. And University of San Francisco dolphin researcher Diana Reiss says that even if the wild dolphins should perform on cue, it could be because of coincidence and not language.
  11. "It's interesting that they all occurred at this time, but I think it's just a coincidence," says Eric Gleacher, head of mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley & Co., which represented Whirlpool in the Roper deal.
  12. During the weekend, Gregg suggested it was no coincidence that Reagan signed the order the day after Sununu was named the next White House chief of staff.
  13. It's a real coincidence, much like the movie `China Syndrome' coming out at the time of the Three Mile Island accident." "Favorite Son" is a three-part, six-hour miniseries based on the best-selling political thriller by Sohmer.
  14. A recent Commerce Department survey finds, by no coincidence, that businesses plan to raise their capital spending this year by only 0.5%.
  15. It was just coincidence that team members had crude oil on their faces and clothes, he said.
  16. In the end it is the degree to which there is this coincidence of strategic interests, whether it's trade issues or Bosnia or Iraq or dealing with the former Soviet Union.
  17. Killien said he thought the theft of his car March 22 was nothing more than a coincidence.
  18. Among the artists Noott will show at the 20th Century Art Fair at the Royal College of Art in London this month is his son. By a nice coincidence the Swan Gallery in Burford, run by Dominic Pratt, is decorated with works by his father, Jeffery.
  19. And when Mr. Engelken's sister, Martha, who was born two days before the home run, reached her 25th birthday, Mr. Engelken wrote his sports hero to tell him of the coincidence of events.
  20. Whether it will make Midland investors keener on HSBC is another matter. Maybe the timing is pure coincidence.
  21. But supporters and critics agree the court's reputation is no coincidence.
  22. Former Secretary Bennett concluded that this was no coincidence.
  23. Either it is a happy freak, and a happy coincidence for the Conservatives facing the Newbury by-election and the local government elections.
  24. It's no coincidence that the man I know who always has the best stock of new jokes is not a comedian, but a salesman.
  25. By coincidence, a best seller by historian Paul Kennedy is a reminder of the long record of "The Rise & Fall of the Great Powers."
  26. In an apparent coincidence, the Supreme Court issued a decision on prisons on Jan. 15, the day after Mr. Barr's speech.
  27. Sloan said the three incidents were coincidence.
  28. It's no coincidence, either, that the first group to rush forward yesterday to bash the Vice President was Ralph Nader's Public Citizen, which has appointed itself to the task of stoking up scares of this and that.
  29. Amnesty officials said it was coincidence that the release of the report came on the same day as the resolution vote.
  30. It was not clear whether the announcement's timing was a coincidence or meant as a signal that Czechoslovakia remains a dependable Soviet ally despite the withdrawal and a government dominated by non-Communists.
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