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coincidences

/koʊˌɪnsɪdənsɪz/ /kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz/

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noun

巧合，不约而同

Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.

Examples :

"It was full of coincidences: both my brother and I chose the same college, and we even ended up in the same dorm. "

这件事情充满了巧合：我和我弟弟不约而同地选择了同一所大学，而且我们竟然还住进了同一间宿舍。

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noun

巧合，碰巧，撞车

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

Examples :

"It's just coincidences that we both wore blue shirts today and ordered the same lunch; we didn't plan it. "

今天我们都穿了蓝色衬衫，点了同样的午餐，这纯粹是巧合，我们可没事先计划好。

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noun

巧合，不谋而合之处。

A coincidence point.

Examples :

"After many coincidences, the detective realized the seemingly unrelated crimes were connected at a specific location, a coincidence point. "

经过多次巧合，这位侦探意识到看似毫不相关的几桩罪案都联系在了一个特定的地点，一个巧合点。

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noun

巧合，不谋而合

A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Examples :

"In geometry class, the teacher pointed out that intersections of lines, in certain specific transformations, can be coincidences, representing points that map back onto themselves. "

在几何课上，老师指出，在某些特定的变换中，直线相交的交点可能是不谋而合的对应点，代表着经过变换后仍然映射回自身的点。

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