accident指偶然發(fā)生的不幸事件，即“事故”；incident則指普通的小事件，也指暴力性的政治事件。如：About ten people were killed in the car accident.在這次車禍中大約有10個人喪生。The book is about the July 7th Incident.這本書是關(guān)于七七事變的。

accident的用法例句：

1. Captain Cook safely navigated his ship without accident for 100 voyages.

庫克船長駕駛的船安全出航100次無事故。

2. Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.

由于發(fā)生了不幸的意外，我知道消息的時候已經(jīng)晚了一天。

3. The police say his death was an accident, officially at least.

警方說他的死是個意外，起碼官方消息如此。

4. The accident happened on a notorious black spot on the A43.

事故發(fā)生在A43號公路上一個出了名的事故多發(fā)地段。

5. The police say the killing of the young man was an accident.

警方說這個年輕人被殺是一個意外。

incident例句

1、We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.

我們需要了解事情發(fā)生的確切時間。

2、She gave the police a full account of the incident.

她向警方詳盡地敘述了所發(fā)生的事情。

3、The incident didn't even rate a mention in the press.

這件事在報紙上連提都不值得一提。

4、The police said the attack was an isolated incident.

警方稱這次襲擊只是個別事件。

5、I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.

我可以相當準確地說出這件事發(fā)生的時間。