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incident: [15] An incident is literally that which ‘befalls’. In common with accident and occident, and a wide range of other English words, from cadaver to occasion, it comes ultimately from Latin cadere ‘fall’. This was combined with the prefix in- ‘on’ to produce incidere ‘fall on’, hence ‘befall, happen to’. Its present participial stem incident- passed into English either directly or via French.

The use of a word that literally means ‘fall’ to denote the concept of ‘happening’ is quite a common phenomenon. It occurs also in befall and chance, and operates in other languages than English; Welsh digwydd ‘happen’, for instance, is derived from cwyddo ‘fall’.

=> accident, cadence, case, occasion

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accomplishment of Perseus(辉煌的成就、杰出的贡献):珀尔修斯的业绩

在古希腊神话中,珀尔修斯(Perseus)是传说中的英雄。根据神示,长大成人的珀尔修斯将会推翻国王外祖父的统治并把他杀死。因此外祖父非常恐惧,就把他们母子二人装进一只大箱子扔进大海。箱子被冲到一座小岛上,岛上的国王波吕得克忒斯垂涎于珀尔修斯的母亲,开始狂热地追求她,但受到珀尔修斯的阻挠。国王为了支走他,就鼓动珀尔修斯去取蛇发女怪美杜莎的头,渴望冒险和建功立业的珀尔修斯毅然踏上征途。蛇发女怪美杜莎面目狰狞,凡是看见她的人就会顷刻变成石头。

在智慧女神雅典娜和神使赫尔墨斯的帮助下,珀尔修斯成功割下了美杜莎的头。归途中,珀尔修斯杀死海怪,救下了埃塞俄比亚公主安德洛墨达并娶她为妻。珀尔修斯带着妻子去找母亲,发现母亲为躲避波吕得克忒斯的迫害而躲在一座破旧的神庙里,珀尔修斯就让波吕得克忒斯看美杜莎的头颅,把他变成了石头。在完成了自己的业绩后,珀尔修斯带着母亲、妻子去见外祖父。外祖父害怕神示会应验,就躲到了外地。不久,珀尔修斯外出路过某地,恰逢当地举办体育竞技大会,珀尔修斯前去参加,在掷铁饼时,不慎将一老者打死,此人正是珀尔修斯的外祖父,神示应验。

在英语中,accomplishmentof Perseus(珀尔修斯的业绩)常用来形容“辉煌的成就、杰出的贡献”。

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