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ad·ven·ti·tious /ˌædvənˈtɪʃəs◂, ˌædven-/ adjective formal CHANCE/BY CHANCEhappening by chance 偶然的 SYN unexpected —adventitiously adverbExamples from the Corpusadventitious• But the more rapidly an organism learns, the more vulnerable it is to adventitious contingencies.• There was an adventitious contributing cause.• More importantly, the definition of the adventitious population stresses an element of choice in rural residence.ad·ven·ti·tious adjectiveChineseSyllable by happening chance Corpus |