I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice.

我是美国人，不是碰巧出生在这片土地上，而是出于我自己的抉择。

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They may do brutal things to others, and, not by accident.

他们可能会对其他人做出残忍的事，而且不是偶然为之。

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I am a wife, and not by accident, a mother of two children.

我是一个妻子，而且并非出于偶然，是两个孩子的母亲。

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They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident.

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I did not elicit this by accident.

我不是随机抽取这一段来读的。

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He won't listen;he bowls ahead, and he discovers in the process the terrible,terrible truth, which is that by accident,by coincidence, not by intent that as a young man he killed his father and subsequently married his mother.

他充耳不闻,执迷不悟,随后他在不经意间,发现了极其可怕的事实,或是因为事故,或是因为巧合,总之绝不是故意的,他年少时曾经弑父,随即娶了自己的母亲

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Those who wish to take the risk should do it with eyes wide open, not by accident, neglect or inertia.

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This is not by accident, it is because the post office has high admission testing standards that select the best and brightest.

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He had lived a sheltered life not by accident but by choice.

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