incident
US: /ˈɪnsədənt/
UK: /ˈɪnsɪdənt/
UK: /ˈɪnsɪdənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
incident /'insidənt/
- tính từ
- (+ to) vốn có, vốn gắn liền với, vốn liên quan với
- (vật lý) tới
- incident ray: tia tới
- (pháp lý) phụ thuộc vào, gắn liền với
- danh từ
- việc xảy ra, việc bất ngờ xảy ra, việc tình cờ xảy ra
- việc xô xát, việc rắc rối
- frontier incident: việc rắc rối ở biên giới
- đoạn, tình tiết (trong vở kịch, tiểu thuyết)
- việc phụ, việc có liên quan (tới một việc quan trọng khác...)
- (quân sự) vụ ném bom thành ph
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] something that happens, especially sth unusual or unpleasant: His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. + One particular incident sticks in my mind.
2 [C, U] a serious or violent event, such as a crime, an accident or an attack: There was a shooting incident near here last night. + (BrE) The police are setting up an incident room near the murder spot (= where they can collect evidence, etc.). + The demonstration passed off without incident.
3 [C] a disagreement between two countries, often involving military forces: a border / diplomatic incident - EVENT
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 event, occasion, occurrence, proceeding, circumstance, fact, happening, experience, episode:
A curious incident led to the discovery.
2 disturbance, scene, affair, upset, commotion, fracas, skirmish, set-to, Colloq to-do, do:
The police were called because of an incident at the pub next door.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
major, serious | little, minor, small, trivial | further
After nearly falling twice, she managed to make it to the top of the cliff without further incident.
| whole
He came to regret the whole incident.
| actual, real/real-life
The story is based on an actual incident.
| alleged | reported | recorded | latest, recent | past | bad, horrific, horrifying, nasty, terrible, ugly, unpleasant, unsavoury
some of the worst incidents of urban violence
| violent | fatal, tragic | dramatic | controversial | famous | regrettable, unfortunate | embarrassing | bizarre, curious,
mysterious, strange, unusual |
amusing | unrelated, separate
The police said that two men had been arrested after the match in unrelated incidents.
| isolated
It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident.
| scattered
scattered incidents of violence across the country
| domestic | international | border
Talks between the neighbouring countries were called off following a border incident.
| racial | diplomatic
An error in the translation nearly caused a diplomatic incident.
| terrorist | nuclear | bomb/bombing, shooting, stabbing | pollution | off-the-ball
(sport) She received a serious jaw injury in an off-the-ball incident.
VERB + INCIDENT
cause, provoke | be responsible for
The group is believed to have been responsible for several terrorist incidents.
| be involved in
The hot-headed tennis star became involved in an incident with the umpire.
| deal with, handle
The incident was extremely well handled.
| avoid, prevent | regret | see, witness | recall, remember
He recalled a similar incident 14 months earlier.
| forget | describe, recount
She described the incident as outrageous. They all laughed as he recounted the amusing incident.
| discuss, talk about | play down
the government's desire to play down the incident
| report
The pedestrian who had nearly been run over reported the incident to the police.
| investigate | be hurt in, be
injured in, be killed in | pass
(off) without, proceed without, take place without
The demonstration passed without incident.
INCIDENT + VERB
happen, occur, take place | arise (from/out of sth)
incidents arising out of an industrial dispute
| involve sb/sth
a minor incid | cause sth, lead to sth, spark sth (off)The incident sparked off a riot which lasted three days.
INCIDENT + NOUN
room
An incident room was set up at a police station near the site of the crash.
PREP.
following an/the ~
He was asked to leave the club following an incident at a training camp.
| in an/the ~
Three soldiers were wounded in the incident.
| over an/the ~
She was never disciplined over the incident.
| without ~
The patrol had covered 200 miles without incident.
Concise English dictionary
incidentsɪns[ɪ'dent
noun
+a single distinct event
+a public disturbance
adj.
+falling or striking of light rays on something
+(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
