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

• 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。
• 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。
• He emphasizes there that the book's timing was entirely coincidental to the timing of that crisis.
  柯林斯强调说，该书的问世与危机的出现在时间上纯属巧合。
• Security from within means that security considerations are coincidental to all the activities within an SOA implementation.
  内部安全性指安全性考虑与SOA实现中的所有活动对应。
• 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。
• This is denied by other commentators, who argue that the similarity in family names is either coincidental or metaphorical.
  这被其他评论员否认，争辩类似的姓氏，要么就是巧合，要么就是隐喻性的。
• 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。
• Maybe his Ninth Symphony was playing, the soaring, inspiring "Ode to Joy." This seemed too coincidental, considering her mission at the moment, and103.4 was probably rap or heavy metal.
  或许他的第九交响乐在演奏，在翱翔，鼓舞人心的《欢乐颂》。这听起来太巧合了，想到她此时的使命，一零三点四可能是敲击音乐或者重金属音乐台。
• Different episodes from different dramas are more than just coincidental& they are directly connected.
  宛如不同剧目的不同章节，生活并非都是巧合&它们有着直接联系。
• 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。