coincidental

英 [kəʊˌɪnsɪˈdentl]

美 [koʊˌɪnsɪˈdentl]

adj.  巧合; 碰巧; 非计划之中

BNC.19109 / COCA.18156

牛津词典

adj.

• 巧合；碰巧；非计划之中
  happening by chance; not planned
  1. I suppose your presence here today is not entirely coincidental .
     我认为你今天来这里不完全是碰巧。
  2. It's purely coincidental that we both chose to call our daughters Emma.
     我们俩都给自己的女儿取名叫埃玛，这完全是巧合。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 巧合的;碰巧的
  Something that iscoincidentalis the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
  1. Any resemblance to actual persons, places or events is purely coincidental...
     如与真人、真实地点或真实事件有雷同之处，纯属巧合。
  2. I think that it is not coincidental that we now have arguably the best bookshops in the world.
     我认为我们现在拥有了可以说是世界上最好的书店，这并非巧合。

英英释义

adj

• occurring or operating at the same time
  1. a series of coincident events
  Synonym:coincidentcoincidingconcurrentco-occurrentcooccurringsimultaneous

双语例句

• It's not coincidental that it is happening on the eve of the Copenhagen meeting.
  这一切发生在哥本哈根会议前夕并非巧合。
• France and Russia's opposition to this war is not about the purely coincidental fact that both countries have lucrative, pre-existing oil contracts with Iraq.
  法国和俄罗斯反对这场战争，也不纯粹是因为他们在这之前已和伊拉克签署了有利的石油合同，那不过巧合而已！
• Any similarity to real people is purely coincidental.
  与现实人物的任何相似之处皆纯属巧合。
• If this sounds a lot like the agile manifesto it is not coincidental!
  听起来是不是很像敏捷宣言？这并不是巧合！
• Is it purely coincidental that there was much speculation in Joseph Smith's area about Indian Mounds and battles?
  在约瑟斯密的地区有许多关于印地安坟冢和战争，这纯粹是一个巧合吗？
• This is coincidental with my learning basic Cantonese.
  这有赖于我正在学习中的基本的广东话。
• Any similarity between the two designs is purely coincidental.
  两种设计之间的任何相似之处纯粹是巧合。
• This could be a purely coincidental linkage.
  这件事可能只是一个巧合。
• As the economist suggests, this was partly coincidental.
  《经济学人》（TheEconomist）杂志指出，这在某种程度是种碰巧。
• The third one is dream omen, which is coincidental with the earlier dream world.
  三是梦兆，即与事实巧合的早期梦境。