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本帖最后由 dictlife 于 2017-1-14 22:01 编辑 % x4 x4 W0 z# I) I" M; S9 O8 S T
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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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( b& J' I) B& t, J% Z; I" M5 c) U, u► Don’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident. " k; M/ K( @; @2 \' o
但是同样在这三本朗当中,本身就存在 a small accident 搭配的例子:6 k! u4 M* G3 f0 p# _
bump2 词条下的释义/ P. {: |: h2 m2 p, t) T4 N2 h
4. informal a small accident in which your car hits something but you are not hurt & d3 K( V2 G: o$ K4 m, D
mishap 词条下的释义8 \2 p; P5 I/ |2 y# M
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results
6 m& W3 Y/ P' u/ ?/ x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:8 r* L/ e7 |' p& t* X: Y$ H
• 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 ~. 2 ~: ~, c8 m, _! S
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--> 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。; C+ p- [* O% _/ ?" N2 L5 X
--> 另外,BYU-BNC 和 BYU-COCA 里搜 small accident,各有三个结果。
8 @$ s: C% v1 O" s--> 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:7 y. h3 H7 G: d
Her car was involved in a big accident.
! z+ k$ d8 q e) vHer car was involved in a serious accident.
, J% k% n: ~2 e3 ^: g" E; Ia bad/dreadful/nasty/serious/fatal accident (NOT big)
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% L( O. L6 q$ ^/ y7 m" W) v) S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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