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accident-prone

/ak-si-duhnt-prohn/US // ˈæk sɪ dəntˌproʊn //

事故频发,容易发生事故的,容易发生事故,事故多发

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to have more accidents or mishaps than the average person.

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Examples

  • Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

  • The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.

  • Lalo insisted during a recent interview that they encountered Chito “and his people by accident.”

  • If there are 162 confirmed deaths from Flight 8501, this would make 2014 the worst year for accident deaths since 2005.

  • What conflicts do exist between them derive from misunderstanding and accident.

  • Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.

  • My father, who was a professional cricketer, was smashed up by an accident, and I had three horrible years in employment in shops.

  • Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.

  • “Of course we know it, sir,” rejoined Fogg, slapping his pocket—perhaps by accident.

  • The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.