英语词汇“more by accident than design”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. more by accident than design (also judgement, etc.): largely as the result of chance, rather than deliberate intent or contrivance. Cf. by design at design n. Phrases 1.

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1661 F. Cradocke Wealth Discovered 4 A most incredible number of advantages and accommodations besides,..which is concluded fell in more by accident then design.

1780 London Mag. Dec. 563/1 He had taken the oath, he said, the preceding day, before the hour of four o'clock; but it was more by accident than care.

1863 A. Gladstone Man of Hour II. xvii. 257 It was more by accident than judgment that he took the right course, for he scampered on without taking note of numerous bye-roads on the one he travelled.

1898 L. F. Winslow Mad Humanity viii. 216 It would seem that he had the knife still in his possession, more by accident than by design, when he came to town.

1943 Atlanta Constit. 28 Mar. 12 a/5 This is the story of a young American fighter pilot, who in his first combat—and more by accident than design—shot down one of Germany's foremost aces.

2009 A. McGrath Heresy 11 Heresy is best seen as a form of Christian belief that, more by accident than design, ultimately ends up subverting, destabilizing, or even destroying the core of Christian faith.

单词	more by accident than design
释义	> as lemmas more by accident than design (also judgement, etc.) P2. more by accident than design (also judgement, etc.): largely as the result of chance, rather than deliberate intent or contrivance. Cf. by design at design n. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1661 F. Cradocke Wealth Discovered 4 A most incredible number of advantages and accommodations besides,..which is concluded fell in more by accident then design. 1780 London Mag. Dec. 563/1 He had taken the oath, he said, the preceding day, before the hour of four o'clock; but it was more by accident than care. 1863 A. Gladstone Man of Hour II. xvii. 257 It was more by accident than judgment that he took the right course, for he scampered on without taking note of numerous bye-roads on the one he travelled. 1898 L. F. Winslow Mad Humanity viii. 216 It would seem that he had the knife still in his possession, more by accident than by design, when he came to town. 1943 Atlanta Constit. 28 Mar. 12 a/5 This is the story of a young American fighter pilot, who in his first combat—and more by accident than design—shot down one of Germany's foremost aces. 2009 A. McGrath Heresy 11 Heresy is best seen as a form of Christian belief that, more by accident than design, ultimately ends up subverting, destabilizing, or even destroying the core of Christian faith. extracted from accidentn. < as lemmas
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