/kəʊ'ɪnsɪdəns; ko`ɪnsədəns/
n
1 [C, U] (instance of the) occurrence of similar events or circumstances at the same time by chance 巧合（的事）
*`I'm going to Paris next week.' `What a coincidence! So am I.' ｀我准备下周去巴黎. ＇｀真巧! 我也去.＇
* By a strange coincidence we happened to be travelling on the same train. 巧得出奇, 我们正好坐同一列火车.
* The plot of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be realistic. 这部小说的情节多靠巧合安排而无真实感.
2 [U] coinciding of events, tastes, stories, etc （事情、口味、故事等）相合, 符合, 一致.

n
[U and C]
when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual
→coincide, coincidental coincidental
　'I'm going to Appleby tomorrow.' ' What a coincidence !I'm going up there too.'
by coincidence
　By coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale.
sheer/pure coincidence
(=completely by chance)
　I didn't set out to find you - it's sheer coincidence that I should walk along the same street.
not a coincidence/more than coincidence
　After the fourth attack on her car she was convinced that the vandalism was more than just coincidence.
　It seemed to her a happy coincidence that Robert should invite her for the weekend.
[singular]formal
when two ideas, opinions etc are the same
coincidence of
　a coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians