late 14c., "non-essentially," also "unnaturally," from accidental + -ly (2). Meaning "unintentionally" is recorded from 1580s; phrase accidentally on purpose is recorded from 1862.
雙語例句
1. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.
特殊的鎖定系統使門不會被意外打開。
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2. Flavell had accidentally discharged a pistol, firing it into the ceiling.
弗拉維爾不小心扳動了一把手槍的扳機,子彈射入了天花板。
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3. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf.
她不小心把架子上的茶葉罐碰了下來。
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4. It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks.
看起來那些名字被意外地從計算機磁盤上刪除了。
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5. A policeman accidentally killed his two best friends with a single bullet.