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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:4 Z( Z, d- A4 T; @% J& R: \$ W
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► Don’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident. 5 F( d6 L0 `9 |1 W
但是同样在这三本朗当中,本身就存在 a small accident 搭配的例子:/ {( l1 t, ` l5 ^4 Z( }& \$ ~
bump2 词条下的释义
; t$ u3 W* [" y: g( ^5 d4. informal a small accident in which your car hits something but you are not hurt $ o* c8 {9 a* c9 k7 _- ]3 m
mishap 词条下的释义
2 ^6 J# @ w5 j' Ya small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results 3 |7 L# g( F. q' ?. C
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:
7 ~8 S- h$ s4 b8 c: t/ l• 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 ~. ! c9 L: O1 e( k* Q0 N
1 [( H. g* f# Z2 F/ s1 n--> 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。
, }& S; B8 y2 w( T- ?, Y--> 另外,BYU-BNC 和 BYU-COCA 里搜 small accident,各有三个结果。
0 q* _9 d8 B0 C7 ]--> 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: B' z6 K/ k% X! E+ I3 H- O% U
Her car was involved in a big accident.
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a bad/dreadful/nasty/serious/fatal accident (NOT big) 3 l7 o% r: \! M( H; \9 [
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+ Q% z2 p3 s. N9 d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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