hk32168 2007-12-8 10:55 PM
巧合 (Coincidence)
上星期，九巴宣布車費調減計劃。它說該計劃由兩鐵合併同一天開始實施只不過是巧合。It is mere coincidence that our scheme should start on the same day as the merger。一項研究指出，與那些體重平均或較輕的長者比較，過重的長者患上肺結核的風險較低。至於十八世紀末和十九世紀初，工業化國家肺結核數字下降與食物供應價格更易負擔可能不是一般巧合。Falling TB rates and the availability of food at more affordable prices in industrializing states in the late 18th and early 19th centuries may not be a mere coincidence。
Coincidence 是「巧合」的意思。它是名詞，其他例子：By a curious coincidence, my wife and I have the same birthday 是「說來也巧，我太太和我同一天生日」，“I'm going to Sydney tomorrow.”“What a coincidence! I'm going up there too.”是「我明天去悉尼。」「真巧，我也去那兒。」
