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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 意外 [yìwài]
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1.
noun
accident
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2.
adjective
unexpected
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1.
noun
accident
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 意外 [yìwài]
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accidental; unexpected; unforeseen; sudden; surprise
- 我居然考了第一名，太意外了。
- 对于他的激进言论，我并不感到意外。
- 意外情况也会时常发生。
- 春运到了，交通部门应尽量避免意外事故的发生。
- 你太出乎我的意外了!
- You astound me!
- 感到意外
- be surprised; be taken by surprise
- 意外利润
- windfall profit
- 意外损失
- unexpected loss
- 2. accident; mishap
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accidentally
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accidental; unexpected; unforeseen; sudden; surprise
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 意外 [yìwài]
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形
意料之外的;料想不到的
- 出现这种情况太意外了。
- 意外发现。
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2.
名
料想不到的不幸事件
- 万一有个意外怎么办?。
- 防止意外。
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形
意料之外的;料想不到的
Examples
- 她的出现使人感到意外。
- Her appearance was quite unexpected. → 出现
- 发生了意外。
- Something unexpected happened. → 发生
- 他的话并不使人感到意外。
- What he said was not surprising. → 使
- 意外损失
- unexpected loss → 意外
- 意外利润
- windfall profit → 意外
- 感到意外
- be surprised; be taken by surprise → 意外
- 你太出乎我的意外了!
- You astound me! → 意外
- 以免发生意外
- so as to avoid accidents → 意外
- 碰到这样意外的事，他乱了章法。
- He was thrown off balance by such an unexpected turn of events. → 章法
- 招致意外的损失
- incur unexpected losses → 招致
Collocations
- 出人意外
- surprising
- 感到意外
- to feel surprise
- 非常意外
- surprisingly
- 意外事故
- accidents
- 意外失手
- to fail to achieve one's goal by accident
- 发生意外
- to have accidents
- 纯属意外
- accidentally
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