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单词 misfortune
释义
misfortune
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˌmɪsˈfɔːr.tʃən/
C1
badluck, or anunluckyevent:
不幸；厄运；不幸事故；灾难
[+ to infinitive]That was theworstfilmI'veeverhad the misfortunetosee.那是我不走运看过的最糟糕的电影。
Shesuffereda gooddealof misfortune over theyears.多年来她遭受了巨大的不幸。
It'sunfairto takeadvantageof other people's misfortunes.乘人之危是不当的。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
an accident
  • accidentAccidents at work can sometimes result in serious injury.
  • mishapDue to a surgical mishap, she's lost the use of her left arm.
  • mischanceIt would be a great loss if, by some mischance, the message was never received.
  • misfortuneThey were beset by misfortunes their whole lives.
  • misadventureThe film was about his comic misadventures in love.
  • death by misadventureUKThe coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Good luck and bad luck
  • align
  • bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
  • be bad luck onsomeoneidiom
  • be down onyourluckidiom
  • be in/out of luckidiom
  • blessing
  • fortune smiles onsomeoneidiom
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • godsend
  • grace
  • hapless
  • merciful
  • mercifully
  • mercy
  • miracle
  • misadventure
  • shame
  • streak
  • with any luckidiom
  • your luck's in!idiom
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(Definition ofmisfortunefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

misfortune| American Dictionary

misfortune
noun[C/U]
us
/mɪsˈfɔr·tʃən/
badluck, or anunluckyevent:
[C]Never takedelightin someone’spersonalmisfortunes.
[U]Theschoolnursewas asmeanaladyas you’deverhave the misfortune tomeet.
(Definition ofmisfortunefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisfortune

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Perspective-taking can also initiate a preverbal process (one hears about a familiar victim'smisfortuneand imagines his facial expression, which triggers empathy).
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Neither envy normisfortunecreeps into our peaceful valley; our cares are our work.
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It is theirmisfortunethat the publishers have neglected to provide the book with an index.
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This is my most painful torment, this is the worst of my misfortunes: to think of the past.
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Furthermore, he believed that charitable loans would only contribute to the rise of poverty andmisfortune.
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In this sense the divorce was treated as amisfortunethat befell the entire family, and they had to be close to get through it.
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Along these lines, would it be such a greatmisfortuneif music was unable to render sublime and courageous emotions?
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What is the boundary betweenmisfortuneand injustice?
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Was themisfortuneless when something else than death did this?
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Superstition was said to arise from misfortunes in private or public affairs, from ill health, or from a gloomy and melancholy disposition.
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Resignation is the acceptance of everything as it is : it is the inability to be affected by fortune andmisfortune.
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This is a story of amisfortuneturned into a blessing.
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Under the proper circumstances it can instead prompt more talk concerning the teller'smisfortune, as the following case demonstrates.
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In these instances and in many others, human ingenuity and perseverance succeed in convertingmisfortuneinto victory.
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Both depict, through narration, worlds full of characters absorbed by the rhetorical task of narrating their misfortunes.
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