當(dāng)你正走在街上,遇到熟人或是當(dāng)你正要打電話的時(shí)候就接到了對(duì)方的來電,這個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)不禁感嘆到,怎么這么巧!
這個(gè)句子的主角是一個(gè)叫coincidence的單詞。
coincidence n.巧合;一致;同時(shí)發(fā)生
The first known usage of the word is from c. 1605 with the meaning "exact correspondence in substance or nature" from the French coincidence, from coincider, from Medieval Latin coincidere.)
先來看它怎么來讀:
英 [kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns] 美[ko'ɪnsɪdəns]
(發(fā)音小竅門:co&in之間有一個(gè)[w]的夾音,這樣聽起來會(huì)更自然哦?。?br />來說說這個(gè)單詞的結(jié)構(gòu):
coin + cidence
coin就是硬幣啦!
cid是一個(gè)詞根,有落下,降臨,發(fā)生的意義
如果這個(gè)單詞對(duì)你來說有些難記,可以試想下一個(gè)硬幣掉下來的時(shí)候正反面是同時(shí)正反面是同時(shí)落下的。
正如它的英文解釋一樣:
the occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection(看似有些關(guān)聯(lián)的事情同時(shí)發(fā)生)
比如下面的句子:
You went to the same school as I did. What a coincidence!
我們上同一所學(xué)校.真巧!
聽力測(cè)試:
To me,it just seemed like an amazing coincidence.
對(duì)我而言,這只是一場(chǎng)奇妙的巧合。
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