incident

accident, incident, event, occurrence, happening

名词 incident:

1. a single distinct event
2. a public disturbance

形容词 incident:

1. falling or striking of light rays on something
2. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
   同义词：incidental

1. The kidnapping caused an international incident.
   这一绑架事件引起了国际纠纷。
2. An unusual conjunction of circumstances led to the incident.
   各种情况的偶然巧合导致了这件事的发生。
3. She couldn't erase the incident from her memory.
   她难以忘记那次事件。
4. This latest incident may be the lever needed to change government policy.
   最近的事件或许可以作为迫使政府改变政策所需的手段。
5. The police are connecting this incident with last week's terrorist bombing.
   警方认为这次事件和上周的恐怖分子爆炸事件有关。
6. The serious incident along the border increased our fears of the war.
   边境上的紧张局势加重了我们对战争的忧虑。

in.ci.dent

n.（名词）
A definite and separate occurrence; an event.See Synonyms at occurrence
特定事件：明确或单独的现象；事件参见 occurrence
A usually minor event or condition that is subordinate to another.
附带事件：附属于另一事的一件通常小的事件或情况
Something contingent on or related to something else.
附带事宜，相关事件：以别的事件为条件或与其相关的事
An occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure or precipitates a crisis:
突发事件，插曲：打破正常秩序或引起突发危机的现象或事件：
例句：
an international incident.
国际性事件

adj.（形容词）
Tending to arise or occur as a result or an accompaniment:
难免发生的，伴随的：倾向于作为结果或附属物发生或出现的：
例句：
.There is a professional melancholy . . . incident to the occupation of a tailor.(Charles Lamb)
.有一种职业性倦怠…容易在裁缝这一行业中产生.(查尔斯·兰姆)

Related to or dependent on another thing.
相关事件的，附于其它事件的：相关的或依赖于另一事的
Physics Falling upon or striking a surface:
【物理学】 入射的：投在或射在一表面的：
例句：
incident radiation.
入射的辐射线

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [apt to happen, an incident]
源自 古法语 [易发生的，事件]
from Latin incidôns incident- [present participle of] incidere [to happen]
源自 拉丁语 incidôns incident- [] incidere的现在分词 [发生]
in- [on] * see in- 2
in- [在…上面] *参见 in-2
cadere [to fall] * see kad-
cadere [落，跌倒] *参见 kad-