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郎5英英、朗5双解和朗6英英的 accident 词条中,Common Errors「常见错误」栏目注明如下:
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► Don’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident.
! H" @! E) y" T% e: J4 H: D但是同样在这三本朗当中,本身就存在 a small accident 搭配的例子:
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4. informal a small accident in which your car hits something but you are not hurt
5 [3 t) \0 B5 K6 umishap 词条下的释义+ A0 {3 {" }7 {( }: _0 m) j+ n; z
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results
$ l% o" C: D5 M! E! j w0 X! D8 U6 O这就让人摸不着头脑了。继续查 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English,第一版里 accident 词条下倒确实没列出 small 的搭配。但是第二版里却有:% I( [' F* `+ m3 z1 @5 O. R* F* o
• ADJECTIVE bad, dreadful (esp. BrE), horrible, horrific (esp. BrE), major, nasty, serious, terrible, tragic, unfortunate | deadly (AmE), fatal a fatal road ~ | minor, slight, small | bizarre, freak Their boat sank in a freak ~.
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2 e0 T1 v8 ]0 ]" N# s--> 查牛津高阶7,8,9,其中的 mishap 的释义中也均出现了 a small accident 的用法。
9 c' J) T; [9 H; p* t$ }5 x--> 另外,BYU-BNC 和 BYU-COCA 里搜 small accident,各有三个结果。
' }- s( J3 D3 W- @; N--> 顺道还查了坛子里下载的 Longman Dictionary of Common Errors,发现 accident 词条下的例子是"a big accident"错误,而"a serious accident"正确,没有举 small 的例子:/ o8 ]( s' B( T9 \& n9 a
Her car was involved in a big accident.
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a bad/dreadful/nasty/serious/fatal accident (NOT big)
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那么问题来了,作为英语非母语者,正式/非正式场合下,a small accident 这个搭配究竟可以使用吗?抑或用是可以用,但是不建议?为什么不建议?(为什么词典里自己都这么用?) |
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