Coincidence

(noun.) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; 'he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs'.

(noun.) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.

编辑:波西亚

• A coincidence! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The coincidence of the ideal of progress with the advance of science is not a mere coincidence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And it is now well known that he attributes this coincidence to descent with modification. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I know Jackie will say, Here's a coincidence! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is true that my absence was for a temporary period only, but the coincidence was, in my opinion, not the less remarkable on that account. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is a remarkable coincidence that Watt's steam engine patent and Arkwright's first patent for his spinning machine were issued in the same year--1769. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The odds are enormous against its being coincidence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I remember as a coincidence that the building was only twenty feet wide. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Remarkable coincidence that 'ere, sir,' replied Sam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Dear me,' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, quite staggered by the coincidence; 'what a very extraordinary thing! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• My dear Handel, Herbert would say to me, in all sincerity, if you will believe me, those very words were on my lips, by a strange coincidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Such is coincidence! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But the coincidences in the numbers which follow are in favour of the explanation. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Dear me,' said Mr. Magnus, 'I never knew anything like these extraordinary coincidences. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He didn't call it a particularly curious coincidence; most coincidences were curious. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It is natural for the mind to recall these dark coincidences on the present day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

校对:诺艾尔