collide
/kəˈlaɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /kəˈlaɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /kə-ˈlīd/ (ame, mw)
collide — 動詞
- collidepresent simple I / you / we / they
- collideshe / she / it
- collidedpast simple
- colliding-ing form
1. to crash hard into another moving thing, or for two moving things to slam togeth
碰撞；相撞
兩物猛烈撞擊在一起
to crash hard into another moving thing, or for two moving things to slam together by accident — for example, when two cars meet head-on at a crossroads.
A delivery truck collided with a school bus on the icy road near Hugo's farm.
一輛送貨卡車在 Hugo 農場附近的結冰路面上與一輛校車相撞。
collide with [vehicle]
Two cyclists collided at the bottom of the hill and both fell off their bikes.
兩位騎單車的人在山坡底部碰撞在一起，兩人都從車上摔了下來。
two subjects + collide (mutual crash)
Paloma watched the bumper cars collide again and again at the fairground.
Paloma 在遊樂場看著碰碰車一次又一次相撞。
The cargo ship collided with a rocky reef during the storm off the coast.
那艘貨船在沿海風暴中撞上了一處岩礁。
Astrid ducked just before the football was about to collide with her head.
Astrid 在足球即將撞到她頭部之前迅速低下頭。
- crash
more common in everyday speech; often used for vehicles
- smash into
informal, emphasises force and damage
- ram
suggests deliberate or very forceful impact
文法句型
collide with [object]
two things + collide
用法筆記
Subject is usually a moving vehicle, person, or solid object. The 'with' phrase names the other thing being hit; without 'with', the subject is plural and both things crash together.
常見錯誤
2. (of ideas, opinions, or interests) to be so different that they cannot fit toget
衝突；牴觸
想法或利益強烈對立
(of ideas, opinions, or interests) to be so different that they cannot fit together, leading to open disagreement — for example, when a manager's plans clash with what the workers want.
The mayor's housing plans collided with the wishes of long-time residents at the town meeting.
在市民大會上，市長的住房計畫與老居民的期望產生了衝突。
[plans] + collide with [wishes]
Eri and her older brother often collide over how to look after their ageing mother.
Eri 和她哥哥常常在如何照顧年邁母親的問題上產生衝突。
two people + collide over [topic]
The interests of farmers and developers collide whenever new roads are proposed near the valley.
每當山谷附近有新的道路規劃，農民和開發商的利益就會牴觸。
Christopher's strict religious upbringing collided with the open culture he found at university.
Christopher 嚴格的宗教教養與他在大學遇到的開放文化產生了衝突。
Two strong opinions collided during the debate, and neither speaker would back down.
辯論中兩種強烈的意見彼此牴觸，雙方都不肯退讓。
- clash
the most common everyday word for this sense
- conflict
more formal; often used in writing about ideas or interests
- be at odds
phrase form; emphasises an ongoing state of disagreement
文法句型
[idea/interest] + collide with [idea/interest]
two views + collide
用法筆記
Subject is usually abstract: ideas, opinions, interests, cultures, or plans. Distinguish from sense 1 by checking whether the subject can physically move — if it can't, this is the metaphorical sense.