Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1785
incident
事件；发生的事情
An event or occurrence; something that happens.
- 1.
An event or occurrence.
事件或发生的事。
- 2.
a single distinct event
单独事件；个别事件
- 3.
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
(相对次要的)附带于或与其他事件相关的事件。
- 4.
a public disturbance
公共骚乱；事变
- 5.
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
可能导致或已导致中断或危机的事件,如职场疾病或软件错误。
小事；小插曲；插曲；骚乱；冲突；事故；故障；突发事件；事件或发生的事。；单独事件；个别事件
In use
A minor incident occurred when someone broke into my neighbor's car last night.
The teacher reported the incident to the principal after two students started fighting.
There was an incident at the factory when a machine overheated and caused a small fire.
the police investigated an incident at the bus station
incident of [noun phrase]
常用于描述特定类型的事件，如暴力、犯罪等。
The police reported an incident of vandalism.
警方报告了一起故意破坏事件。
an incident in which [clause]
用于详细描述事件的具体情况。
We are investigating an incident in which two cars collided.
Connections
Collocations
- isolated incident
- 孤立事件
- The attack was considered an isolated incident and not part of a larger threat.这次袭击被视为孤立事件，并非更大威胁的一部分。
- incident report
- 事故报告
- Please fill out an incident report if you witness any suspicious activity.如果您目睹任何可疑活动，请填写事故报告。
- incident occurred
- 事件发生
- An incident occurred at the factory that shut down production for several hours.工厂发生了一起事件，导致生产中断了数小时。
- serious incident
- 严重事件
- The company has protocols in place for handling any serious incident.公司制定了处理任何严重事件的规程。
- minor incident
- 轻微事故
- Most of the calls to the police were about minor incidents like noise complaints.报警电话大多是关于轻微事故，如噪音投诉。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆小贴士：incident 可拆为 'in'（里面）和 'cident'（类似 accident 中的部分），想象‘里面发生的意外事件’。
Context & Register
中性语域，常用于新闻报道、警方报告等正式场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些单词的末尾拼写均为-dent，发音为/dənt/。其中，前五个（accident, confident, resident, evident, president）与incident的重音都在第一音节，发音模式完全一致；而dependent的重音在第二音节，发音不同，是拼写相似但发音差异的案例。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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