1. accident可指导致某人受伤或某物受损的事故，也可指并非有意造成的意外事件
（1).(交通)事故;意外遭遇;不测事件;意外的事情
She was involved in a serious car accident last week.
上星期她卷入了一场严重的车祸。
The accident put her off driving for life.
那场事故让她一生都不想开车了。
He lost the use of his legs in an accident.
他在一次事故中失去了双腿的功能。
Fatal road accidents have decreased/increased in frequency over recent years.
近年来致命交通事故发生率已经下降/上升。
fatal [ˈfeɪtl] adj.致命的;灾难性的;毁灭性的;导致失败的
frequency [ˈfriːkwənsi]
n.(声波或电磁波振动的)频率;频繁;发生率;出现率;重复率
News of a serious road accident is just coming in.
有关一起恶性交通事故的报道开始陆续传来。
A traffic accident occurred this morning.
今天早上发生了交通事故。
It only takes one careless driver to cause an accident.
只要有一个粗心大意的驾驶员便会发生车祸。
Several people were crushed to death in the accident.
好几个人在事故中压死了。
New drivers have twice as many accidents as experienced drivers.
新驾驶员所出的事故是老驾驶员的两倍。
They had to be cut free from their car after the accident.
事故后，得破开汽车把他们救出来。
I remember little of the days that followed the accident.
那次事故以后的日子我记不大清楚了。
Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident.
警方仍在努力确定事故的原因。
establish [ɪˈstæblɪʃ]
vt.创立;设立;建立(尤指正式关系);确立;使立足;使稳固;获得接受;查实
The government has ordered an investigation into the accident.
政府要求对事故进行调查。
The police have completed their investigations into the accident.
警察已完成对这次事故的调查。
The company has announced that it will undertake a full investigation into the accident.
公司已经宣布将对这次事故进行全面调查。
investigation [ɪnˌvestɪˈɡeɪʃn]
n.调查;(正式的)侦查;科学研究;学术研究
The accident happened through no fault of her own.
这一事故的发生不是她本人的过错。
a car/road/traffic accident
车祸；公路事故；交通事故
He was killed in an accident .
他死于一次车祸。
One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers.
每七次交通事故就有一次是驾车者困倦造成的。
The accident happened at 3 p.m.
事故发生于下午3点钟。
to have an accident
出事故
a serious/minor accident
严重 / 轻微事故
accidents in the home
家中发生的意外事件
a climbing/riding accident
登山 / 骑马不幸意外事件
The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。
Accidents like this happen all the time.
此类事故经常发生。
Have you reported the accident to the police yet?
你将这次事故报警了吗？
These measures would make a valuable contribution towards reducing industrial accidents.
这些措施将会对减少工业事故起重要的作用。
contribution ˌkɑːntrɪˈbjuːʃn] n.捐款;捐资;(给雇主或政府用作医疗保险、养老金等津贴的)定期缴款;贡献;促成作用;一则，一条，稿件;捐赠
Take out accident insurance before you go on your trip.
去旅行前要办理好意外保险。
I didn't mean to break it─ it was an accident .
我不是故意打碎它的——这是个意外。
I'm sorry about breaking the glass - it was an accident.
我很抱歉打碎了玻璃杯-这是个意外。
No passenger was injured badly in the (car, traffic, road) accident.
事故中没有乘客受重伤。
A crowd soon collected at the scene of the accident.
事故现场很快聚集了一群人。
The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.
事故过去后很长时间交通才恢复畅通。
Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident.
早些时候的交通事故过后，现在交通通畅些了。
It's hard to say what caused the accident.
很难说造成事故的原因是什么。
They were deeply disturbed by the accident.
事故使他们深感不安。
The accident brought his career to an abrupt end.
那次事故使他的事业戛然而止。
He showed great character returning to the sport after his accident.
他在出了事故后仍能重返体坛表现出他顽强的毅力。
He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident.
事故之后他有几个星期失去记忆。
I read about the accident in the local paper.
我在当地的报纸上看到了这次事故。
（2）.偶然的事
We met by accidental the airport.
我们在机场偶然相遇。
Their early arrival was just an accident.
他们早到仅仅是偶然而已。
It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing.
男人担任护理中大多数最重要的工作绝非偶然。
It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.
警匪剧在电视上盛行之时恰好是西部片衰退之际，这并非偶然。
an accident of birth/fate/history出生 / 命运 / 历史的偶然性
She discovered the problem by accident.
她碰巧发现了这个问题。
They killed one of their accomplices by accident while robbing the bank.
他们抢劫这家银行时误杀了一名同伙。
The gun went off by accident.
枪走火了。
He sliced ( into) his fingers by accident when cutting vegetables.
他切菜时不小心切着了手指头。
slice [slaɪs]
n.片;部分;(切下的食物)薄片;份额;锅铲;(餐桌用)小铲;削球
v.切;把…切成(薄)片;割;划;削(球);斜切打;（无意中）打出弧线球;大幅度削减
I fell into my job quite by accident.
我从事这份工作完全是偶然。
We met by accident at the airport.
我们在机场不期而遇。
We met together by accident.
我们偶然相会。
2.incident（不好的事或异乎寻常的讨厌的事）
（1）.发生的（不愉快的）事；事故，也指较小的事情
She gave the police a full account of the incident.
她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
The incident hardened her resolve to leave the company.
这件事使她更加坚定了离开公司的决心。
The incident cast doubt on her motives and reliability.
这件事使人怀疑她有何动机，以及她是否可靠。
She denied all knowledge of the incident.
她矢口否认知晓此事的任何情况。
The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.
媒体大肆渲染这件事。
We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
我们需要了解事情发生的确切时间。
I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.
我可以相当准确地说出这件事发生的时间。
He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident.
他感到庆幸的是她未将此事告诉他父母。
This incident coloured her whole life.
这事件影响了她的一生。
The incident had shaken her faith in him.
这件事动摇了她对他的信心。
The incident didn't even rate a mention in the press.
这件事在报纸上连提都不值得一提。
We didn't let the incident spoil our day.
我们没有让这件事破坏我们一天的心情。
She promised never to mention the incident again.
她答应再也不提那件事了。
His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident.
他的不良行为只是个别事件。
One particular incident sticks in my mind.
有一件事我总忘不了。
No trains will be affected by this incident.
没有列车会受到这一事故的影响。
Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.
昨天晚上，警方演出了再现事故经过的场景。
A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police.
警察的及时到来阻止了一次严重事故。
The incident made the listeners burst into laughter.
这个小插曲使听众哄然大笑。
（2）.严重事件，暴力事件（如犯罪、事故、袭击等）
This incident reflects badly on everyone involved.
这一事件给所有相关人士都造成了恶劣影响。
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.
警方呼吁目击这一事件的人与他们联系。
The incident caused a great deal of political mischief.
这一事件造成了严重的政治危害。
Many political incidents go unreported.
很多政治事件都没有报道。
The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus.
这次事件使校园暴力成为焦点问题。
The incident has received wide coverage in the press.
这个事件已被新闻界广泛报道。
The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。
There was a shooting incident near here last night.
昨夜这附近发生了枪击事件。
The demonstration passed off without incident .
这次示威平静地结束了。
The police said the attack was an isolated incident.
警方称这次袭击只是个别事件。
There was a shooting incident near here last night.
昨夜这附近发生了枪击事件。
When exactly did the incident occur?
这一事件究竟是什么时候发生的？
The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen.
那一事件引发出一连串谁都没有料到的事。
He was a witness of the incident.
他是这件事的目击者。
The incident left a vivid impression on me.
这件事给我留下了深刻的印象。
It is feared that the attack may not have been an isolated incident.
人们担心这次袭击可能不是孤立的事件。
（3）.(两国间的)摩擦，冲突;(甚至)军事冲突、敌对行动、暴力行动等
a border/diplomatic incident
边境 / 外交冲突
The incident has further increased tension between the two countries.
这一冲突进一步加剧了两国之间的紧张关系。
These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations.
这些事件是两国一系列争端中最近发生的几起。
3.event（可以指任何的事，也可指有意思或不寻常的事件，尤指重要的事件）
（1）.发生的任何事情;(尤指)重要事情，大事
Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.
事情本来可以发展成另一种样子。
These events are history in the making.
这些事将载入史册。
These events changed the course of history.
这些事件改变了历史的进程。
The event was widely covered by the mass media.
这一事件被大众媒体广泛报道。
Today people keep in touch with current events by reading online.
今天人们通过在线浏览了解时事。
The exact date of the event has escaped me.
我不知道事件发生的确切日期。（很生动、很形象的表达）
The election was the main event of 2022.
那次选举是2022年的主要大事。
The discovery of X-rays was a big event in the history of physics.
X射线的发现是物理学史上的重大事件。
It was an event that would transform my life.
那是能够彻底改变我一生的一件事。
Getting married was one of the major events in his life.
结婚是他一生中的大事之一。
There was saturation coverage of the event by the media.
媒体对这一事件做了连篇累牍的报道。
saturation [ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃn]
n.饱和;饱和状态;饱和度
coverage [ˈkʌvərɪdʒ]
n.新闻报道;(书、课程学习、电视等的)信息范围，信息质量;提供的数量;覆盖范围(或方式)
The government is keen to put some distance between itself and these events.
政府急于想表示自己与这些事件无关。
（2）.公开活动; 社交
a fund-raising event
筹款活动
the social event of the year
本年度最重要的社交活动
Taking everything into consideration, the event was a great success.
总的说来，这项活动取得了极大的成功。
A lot of effort has gone into making this event a success.
为使这次活动成功费了很大的劲。
My head was still buzzing after the day's events.
一天的活动结束后，我头脑中还是闹哄哄的。
buzz [bʌz]
n.嗡嗡声;蜂鸣声;唧唧喳喳的谈话声;(愉快、兴奋或成就的)强烈情感;传闻，谣传;( 蜂鸣器发出的 ) 信号声， ( 电话发出的 ) 嗞嗞呼叫声;.
v.（使）发出嗡嗡声;（使）发出蜂鸣声;充满兴奋(或活动等);用蜂鸣器（发信号）;飞近;（飞机）低空掠过;说闲话;
adj.（词语、想法或活动）时髦的
No official permission has been given for the event to take place.
这项活动未得到正式批准，不能进行。
This is the biggest event we've ever catered for.
这是我们承办过的最大型的活动。
cater [ˈkeɪtər]
v.迎合;(为社交活动)提供饮食，承办酒席
n.(骰子,纸牌的)四点
A thousand balloons were released to mark the event.
为了纪念这次活动，释放了一千个气球。
（3）.(体育运动的)比赛项目
This event was organized in association with the Sports Council.
这项赛事是与体育理事会联合举办的。
The 800 metres is the fourth event of the afternoon.
800米赛是下午的第四项比赛。
4.主要区别
accident和incident是两个不同的词，有不同的用法范围，要记住它们之间的基本区别：
accident是意外事件，是任何导致物品，健康甚至生命损失的不幸事件。多指事故；意外事件。
incident是指不好的事或异乎寻常的事。其发生可能有计划，也可能没有计划；可能有积极，也可能有消极的影响；可能有损失，也可能没损失。
简单地说，所有accidents都是incidents，不是所有incidents都是accidents.
incident和event的区别，主要在event可以指任何的事，尤其指重要的事件，大多是有计划的；incident可指不好的（小）事或异乎寻常的事，也可指较小的事，也可以指敌对行动、军事冲突、暴力行动（的事件）等。