concomitance

concomitance — 名詞

1. the state of two events or conditions happening together in a way that shows a r

1.名詞C2
釋義

伴隨關係

兩事一起出現，而且互相關聯

the state of two events or conditions happening together in a way that shows a real link between them

例句

Doctors noted the concomitance of fever and skin rash in both children.

醫師注意到兩個孩子的發燒與皮疹有伴隨關係。

the concomitance of X and Y

Parents noticed a concomitance of late bedtimes and bad moods after camp.

家長發現，營隊後晚睡和壞脾氣常有伴隨關係。

同義詞
  • co-occurrence

    more technical and often neutral about whether the two things are meaningfully connected

  • coexistence

    usually stresses continuing existence side by side over time rather than a linked appearance

  • accompaniment

    broader and less technical, often meaning something that simply goes along with another thing

反義詞
  • independence

    stresses that the two things are not tied to each other

  • separation

    focuses on things being apart rather than appearing together

文法句型

the concomitance of X and Y

concomitance between X and Y

用法筆記

Used mainly in formal writing, especially in medicine, research, and social analysis. It often appears in patterns such as 'the concomitance of X and Y' when the writer wants to stress that two things appear together in a meaningful connection, not by chance.

常見錯誤

❌The report showed concomitance between worry and poor sleep.
✅The report showed the concomitance of worry and poor sleep.
💡This noun most often takes 'of' before the linked conditions.
❌The rash was concomitance with the fever.
✅There was concomitance between the rash and the fever.
💡concomitance is a noun, so it cannot directly follow 'was' as an adjective would.