英語片語：四個表示“有意”、“無意”的短語
英語片語
四個表示“有意”、“無意”的短語
嘉中
by chance
和
by accident
是“無意地”、“偶然地”意思，相當 unintentionally、
accidentally 或 incidentally 的意思。
例句：
The news of his haste return came to my ears
by chance
。
我是無意中聽到說他匆匆返回的訊息。
He bought the jacket on a whim， having seen it
by chance
in a shop window。
他在商店櫥窗裡偶然看到這件夾克，一時心血來潮就買了它。
Several years after they‘d split up they met again
by chance
in Paris。
他們分手幾年後，又在巴黎偶然相遇。
A real genius possesses talents in many aspects， but they are brought into play only
by chance
and in a single field。
真正的天才具有多方面的才能，只是處於偶然而僅在單一的領域中得到施展。
Everything happens for a reason。 Nothing happens
by chance
or by means of good
luck。
任何事情的發生都是有原因的，沒有什麼事情是偶然 發生的或透過好運的。
I never thought that he would take the matter so seriously。 I just mentioned it
by
accident
。
我從來沒有想到他會把這件事看得這麼重，我只是無意中提起了這件事。
I found out the secret of the matter
by accident
。
我偶然發現了那件事情的秘密。
In MR。 Jobs’s case， the tumor was discovered almost
by accident
， when he had a CT scan
for something else。
喬布斯的癌症是因其他原因做CT掃描時偶然發現的。
More common are instances of authorized users winding up where they should not
be and deleting or changing data
by accident
。
更常見的案例是那些合法授權使用者繞進他們不應該進入的地方，無意地刪除或修改資料。
on purpose
和
by design
是“有意地”、“故意地”意思，相當於intentionally、deliberately
或 purposely的意思。
例句：
I was making a general reference。 It was really not aimed at you
on purpose
。
我只是泛泛而指， 並非故意針對你。
She sometimes does things
on purpose
just to annoy me。
她有時存心做些事來使我生氣。
In fact， I did not about them， because I that he was not doing it
on purpose
。
我其實根本就沒有計較這些，因為我知道他不是故意要這樣做的。
I hate to see men overdressed； a man ought to look like h e ’s put together by accident，
not added up
on purpose
。
我討厭看到一些男人穿的過分講究；男人的衣著應該是隨意和自然的，不需要刻意裝扮的。
Wendy wore a low-cut dress
by design
because she knew it would make her the centre
of attention。
溫迪故意穿了件低領衣，因為她知道這會使她成為人們注意力的中心。
He became a photographer more by accident than
by design
。
他能成為攝影師與其說是有意為之，不如說是純屬偶然。
I would believe that his mistake was made by accident rather than
by design
。
我寧願認為他是無意犯錯而不是蓄意為之。
I have since taken steps to rectify the situation， more by coincidence than
by design
。
從那以後，我採取了一些措施來糾正這種情況，這更多是巧合，而不是有意為之。
