| 单词 | a chapter of accidents |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa chapter of accidents b. a chapter of accidents: a sequence of unforeseen events, esp. mishaps or misadventures. Also with the. (Frequently punningly as the title of a book chapter.) ΚΠ 1786 Town & Country Mag. July 377/1 What is this life? A chapter of accidents, pointed with commas, semicolons, colons, and periods. 1836 B. Hall Schloss Hainfeld (ed. 2) xvii. 269 (heading) A chapter of accidents. 1899 G. N. Boothby Love made Manifest xix. 303 (heading) A chapter of accidents. 1914 C. Stockley Wild Honey vii. 370 There were no shoulders on which blame for the chapter of accidents could be laid. ‘Acts of Providence’ cannot be quarrelled with. 1935 W. S. Churchill Let. 2 Mar. in M. Soames Speaking for Themselves (1999) xvi. 387 The digger has involved me in a chapter of accidents and I doubt if I shall get out of it under £150. 1991 Sunday Tel. 1 Sept. 17/2 At the heart of conspiracism..is the belief that modern history is not a chapter of accidents; rather..events are unfolding according to the plans of the people who secretly rule the world. < as lemmas |
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