(1) ①incident可指引起国家间、敌对力量间纠纷甚至战争的事件、事端,如边境事件(frontier/border incidents)、叛乱、爆炸、战争等,以及当局因某种原因不愿说明的事件。
- There were several incidents on the frontier that finally led to an armed conflict.
边境上发生了几起事件,最终导致了一场武装冲突。
②incident也可用来指小事,译为“事件,发生的事情”。
- On the very day, just before I left, an incident occurred.
就在我离开前那一天,发生了一件事。 - The incident remains very clearly in my mind.
这件事在我心中还记忆犹新。 - The year passed without an incident .
平安无事地过了一年。
(2) accident指“意外事件,不测,祸事,事故”。
- There have been many traffic accidents this year.
今年发生了许多交通事故。 - He was killed in a motoring accident .
他在一场机动车事故中身亡。
(3) event常指“重大事件”。
- The founding of the People's Republic of China was an epoch-making event in the world's history.
中华人民共和国的成立是世界历史上一个划时代的事件。 - He describes in his book the historic events of the 1940s.
他在书中描述了20世纪40年代那些历史事件。