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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:& q3 j: j( q+ L* T1 i1 t, M- I0 f
COMMON ERRORS
/ p- h" Z8 D1 L0 E► Don’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident. ' a3 j6 o8 ?* \9 H& R# l9 z
但是同样在这三本朗当中,本身就存在 a small accident 搭配的例子: y; {9 F j, T) t S4 L
bump2 词条下的释义* m" n2 C: v X: @9 ~1 X
4. informal a small accident in which your car hits something but you are not hurt ; {) E# R! ^1 R% w! i z
mishap 词条下的释义% O6 D' Y! {. p. P- K+ O# F8 B6 y0 E
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results 9 j0 v4 H; k# _8 c$ Q! [
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:3 S% [+ a6 v. ^# [: F
• 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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% k1 O. C/ j- b' P" q, T1 C--> 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。
; D( d q% z" Y4 N2 i2 ?, u--> 另外,BYU-BNC 和 BYU-COCA 里搜 small accident,各有三个结果。
' E1 S4 F4 F, l, H--> 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:8 p0 E. I* U: |' ^. b# C
Her car was involved in a big accident.; t' \4 {4 l: c+ {
Her car was involved in a serious accident.
4 Z" w/ q, [8 H7 da bad/dreadful/nasty/serious/fatal accident (NOT big) 7 h& t v1 _4 H2 _
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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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