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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• It is so coincidental to see this topic.
  真的很巧，会看到这样一个话题。
• The concurrence of their disappearances had to be more than coincidental.
  他们同时失踪肯定不仅仅是巧合。
• This could be a purely coincidental linkage.
  这件事可能只是一个巧合。
• The reporting of such coincidental conditions can lead to undue fears and allegations.
  报告这些偶合病状可能导致不适当的恐惧和主观臆断。
• After a pause, Mr Murdoch said he did not know, later saying the timing had been coincidental.
  停顿片刻之后，默多克表示他答不上来，稍后他表示，这个时机只是巧合。
• 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。