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accident, incident, event, occurrence, happening的区别

这些名词均有“事故、事件”之意。

1. accident 强调偶然或意外发生的不幸事情。如:

He has had a bad accident. 他出了严重事故。

Car accidents are far too common. 汽车事故是太常见了。

Philip will give him details of the accident. 菲利普将给他谈这次事故的详细

情况。

The accident took place only a block from, his house. 事故发生的地点离他家

只有一个路段。

After the accident, the injured were taken to hospital. 事故发生之后受伤的人

被送往医院急救。

2. incident 既可指小事件或附带事件,又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。

如:

Please accept my apologies for this unfortunate incident. 发生了这件不幸的事

请接受我的道歉。

The incidents affected him for days. 这些事件使他好几天心情不能平静。

The witness gave a truthful account of the incident. 证人真实地描绘了这个事

件。

3. event 可指任何大小事件,但尤指历史上的重大事件。如:

The event was fatal to my hopes. 这次事件粉碎了我的希望。

At the beginning of June an event occurred. 六月初发生了一件事。

The event was fatal to my hopes. 这次事件粉碎了我的希望

4. occurrence和happening这两个词多指日常生活中发生的一般事件,有时

也指偶然发生的事。如:

So being killed by sharks was a common occurrence. 因此被鲨鱼咬死是常有

的事。

There were some unusual happenings at school last week. 上星期在学校里发

生了一些不寻常的事。

【习惯用语】 by accident 偶然地,无意地 without accident 平安无事

地 by accident of 凭着……的机遇(或运气)

【试题】The Lugouqiao(卢沟桥)______took place on July7, 1937

A. accident nt C. things s

late, later, latter, latest, lately的区别及用法。

1.late adj. & adv. 迟,迟的,晚的,晚期,在晚期。如:

He is never late for school. 他上学从不迟到。

The train was 10 minutes late. 火车晚点十分钟。

It's never too late to mend. 改过不为晚。

(It's)Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

The workers in the south often go to work early and leave off late.

南下打工仔经常是早上工,晚下班。

请记住以下几种搭配:

in the late afternoon 傍晚,在下午较晚的时候

in the late 1990's / 1990s 在二十世纪九十年代末

work late / far / deep into the night 工作至深夜

late in autumn 深秋

另外, late 用作形容词还可用来表示“已故的,去世不久的;前任的,不久前

卸任的”。如:

the late Chairman Liu Shaoqi 前国家主席刘少奇

the late government 前任(上一届)政府

2. later adj. & adv. 为late比较级,意指较迟,较晚一些。如:

two hours later, the ship sank. 两小时后,轮船沉没了。

See you later! 再见!

要记住以下几个固定搭配:

sooner or later 迟早(early or late)

no later than不迟于

later on以后,后来。如:

The problem will be solved sooner or later. 这个问题迟早会得到解决。

Let's discuss the question later on. 让我们以后再讨论这个问题吧。

He is to arrive at no later than 他最迟不过晚上十点赶到。

另外,later 还可用作状语,表示“后来”之意。如:

Later he became a general. 后来他当上了将军。

3.latter adj. 意思是指(两者中)后者的,后者,反义词是former,(两者

中)前者。注意,不要把latter与late的比较级later混淆。如:

Of the two the latter is far better than the former.

两者中后者远比前者好。

Of pigs and cows, the latter (=the cows) are more valuable.

猪牛两种动物中,后者较有价值。

Did he walk or swim? The latter seems unlikely.

他走路还是游泳?后者好像不太可能。

4.latest adj. & adv. 为late的最高级。意思是最新、最近或最迟。如:

The radio is broadcasting the latest news about the man-made satellit

e.

电台正在播送有关人造卫星的最新消息。

A British car company was about to sell its latest type of car in Ger

many.

一家英国汽车公司正要在德国出售其最新型的汽车。

5.lately adv. (=recently) 最近,近来,通常用于现在完成时态,如:

The old palace has lately been rebuilt. 古老的宫殿最近得以重建。

Have you seen him lately? 你最近见到过他吗?

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