The hot line had an important purpose: to prevent accidental war between the two competitors during the period known as the Cold War.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This raises a question. Whether the relation between contemporary political science and liberalism is merely accidental or whether there is some intrinsic some necessary connection between them.

这导出一个问题，当代政治科学,与自由主义的关系仅是偶然,或之间，有些本质的,一些必然的,连结介于两者之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But this week, Mr.Obama could report apparent success in a different sort of battle -- against the largest accidental oil spill ever at sea.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

So he says, no one would take seriously the proposal that a human organism learns through experience to have arms rather than wings, or that the basic structure of particular organs results from accidental experience.

他认为,没人会相信人体组织通过学习经验,长出了手臂而不是翅膀,或者特定器官的基本结构,是偶然经验的结果

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It was accidental." The Gilbreths were a real family.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

They can live there until the death of the high priest, and the death of the high priest symbolically serves to purge or remove the blood guilt or impurity of the accidental homicide.

他们可以住在那里直到大祭司死去，大祭司的死亡象征着净化,或移除这个意外杀人者的罪孽或不洁。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Accidental plagiarism can sometimes result from cultural differences.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

There is legal homicide, of course, judicial death and so on in the Bible, but illicit homicide, whether intentional or unintentional, murder or accidental homicide. The manslayer bears blood guilt, what is referred to as "blood guilt."

当然，合理的杀人是有的，审判处死或者其他的一些，但是非法杀戮，不管有意无意，谋杀或意外杀人，杀人者犯了杀人罪，杀人罪指什么呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

These are common causes of accidental poisoning.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Critics say the trial's results may have been accidental and whatever benefits the vaccine might produce may have limited effect.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

So we keep each other informed and both sides remain well-informed so that they can avoid the possibility of accidental fire or friendly fire."

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

NHTSA says the Toyota recalls are linked to at least 50 accidental deaths.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

destiny... or if we're all justfloating around accidental-like on a breeze...

VOA: standard.other