To my eyes this was an accident just waiting to happen.

在我看来，一场交通事故正等在后面呢。

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This was an accident waiting to happen. He'd have to move quickly.

车祸眼看着随时就要发生，他必须迅速采取行动。

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But some experts argue that this was an accident waiting to happen.

但是有一些专家认为这起事故的发生是无可避免的。

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In other words, this was not meant to be a record to be left for the future. It was an accident.

换句话说,这些并不是刻意为将来,留下的记录,只是个意外而已

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It is not even remotely possible that all this was an accident, a mistake.

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Assuming for a moment that this was not an accident, it represents a serious escalation of the crisis in Egypt.

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"This was not an accident, " said Peter Hurley, a Portland, Oregon, police officer whose 3-year-old son was sickened by salmonella after eating his favorite peanut butter crackers.

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