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发表于 2012-9-14 23:53
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accident是“意外事”.通常指偶然发生 的不幸事件或事故;
incident是“事情”或“事件”, 它既可以指日常生活中的琐事,也可以指外交、政治 方面的重大事件。 某些情况下unexpected incident可以理解为accident。
•An accident is a negative incident whereas an incident can either be negative or positive.
•An accident is an unexpected event whereas an incident would not be termed as something unexpected.
•Any occurrence that is worthy of mentioning would be defined as incidents whereas only unfortunate situations are referred to as accidents..