adventitious

[英] [ˌædvenˈtɪʃəs, -vən-] [美] [ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs, -vən-] 生词本

adj.

Adjective

1. associated by chance and not an integral part;

  • "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson
  • "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

医学

  • 1.①偶生的,偶发的,后天的,获得的:非天生的,非遗传的;②异位的:出现于正常位置以外的
1. The strike was broken, of course, but mainly by a series of adventitious developments.
罢工是中断了,但主要还是由于发生了一系列意外事件。

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