coincidence
/kəuˈɪnsɪdəns; ko`ɪnsədəns/ n
1 [C, U] (instance of the) occurrence of similar events or circumstances at the same time by chance 巧合（的事）
`I'm going to Paris next week.' `What a coincidence! So am I.' ｀我准备下周去巴黎. ＇｀真巧! 我也去.＇
By a strange coincidence we happened to be travelling on the same train. 巧得出奇, 我们正好坐同一列火车.
The plot of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be realistic. 这部小说的情节多靠巧合安排而无真实感.
2 [U] coinciding of events, tastes, stories, etc （事情、 口味、 故事等）相合, 符合, 一致.