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

• 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。
• Is it purely coincidental that there was much speculation in Joseph Smith's area about Indian Mounds and battles?
  在约瑟斯密的地区有许多关于印地安坟冢和战争，这纯粹是一个巧合吗？
• 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。
• This could be a purely coincidental linkage.
  这件事可能只是一个巧合。
• An official said the timing of the prime minister's visit was coincidental.
  一位官员说首相访问的时间安排是巧合。
• China's economy is indeed slowing but the timing is largely coincidental.
  中国经济的确在减速，但其时机在很大程度上是个巧合。
• The theory is an effort to generalize about relationships that occur regularly, not about coincidental happenings.
  该理论致力于概括某些规律性地发生的关系，而不是论述那些偶然发生的关系。
• 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。
• Macro-data: Stock-Watson experimental coincidental leading and recession indexes;
  总体资料库：Stock-Watson实验性领先及衰退指数；
• 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。