每日一词【786】fender bender：小事故

今天我们要学的词是fender bender。 Fender bender, 指小事故，不太严重的车祸。"I got into a fender bender yesterday and missed the game," 我昨天开车出了个小车祸，因此错过了比赛。

"DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty was involved in a minor¹ fender bender one week ago," 美国首都华盛顿市的市长芬蒂一个星期前出了一次小车祸。"The recent fender bender again raised questions about why the mayor insisted on driving himself," 这次小事故发生后，很多人再次对芬蒂坚持自己开车的做法提出了置疑。今天我们学习的词是fender bender...

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。