misfortune
英 [mɪs'fɔːtʃuːn; -tʃ(ə)n]
美['mɪs'fɔrtʃən]
- n. 不幸；灾祸，灾难
词态变化
复数: misfortunes;
中文词源
misfortune 不幸
mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，fortune,幸运。
英英释意
- 1. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
- 2. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
英文词源
- misfortune (n.)
- mid-15c., from mis- (1) + fortune. Related: Misfortunate.
同义词辨析
disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune
这些名词均表示"灾难"或"不幸"之意。
disaster： 普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
calamity： 多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe： 语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
misfortune： 普通用词，多批较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
考试真题
- However, Brazil's stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's misfortune.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
- Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
实用场景例句
- He has known great misfortune in his life.
- 他一生中经历过巨大的不幸。
牛津词典
- We had the misfortune to run into a violent storm.
- 我们不幸遭遇了猛烈的暴风雨。
牛津词典
- She bore her misfortunes bravely.
- 她勇敢地承受不幸的遭遇。
牛津词典
- She seemed to enjoy the misfortunes of others...
- 她似乎喜欢幸灾乐祸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He had his full share of misfortune.
- 他吃尽了苦头。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is no other misfortune that could be compared with the loss of time.
- 没有一种不幸可与失掉时间相比.
期刊摘选
- Her career was dogged by misfortune.
- 她一生屡遭不幸.
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- It means to take spiteful , malicious delight in the misfortune of others.
- 它的意思是把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦不幸之上.
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- Poverty involved his family in misfortune.
- 贫困使他的家庭陷入不幸.
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- If Miss Catherine had the misfortune to marry him, he would not be beyond her control.
- 如果凯瑟琳小姐不幸嫁给他, 他不会不听她的指挥的.
辞典例句
- Misfortune makes us wise.
- 不幸使人明智.
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- Misfortune lighted upon him.
- 他突然遭到不幸.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- We know instinctively, just as bookeepers with their bees that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
- 正如养蜂人与蜜蜂的关系一样,我们本能地懂得如果我们不把自己生活中重大事件告诉它的话,不幸的事情就会袭击我们.
《用法词典》
- Sometimes when the bell rang, it was a neighbor who had fallen into misfortune.
- 有时,按响门铃的会是某个陷于困境的邻居.
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- His failure in business was due not to misfortune, but to his mistakes.
- 他生意上的失败不是因为运气差, 而是因为他犯了错误.
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- Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.
- 经不起不幸是最大的不幸.
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- To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
- 要真正了解一个人,需在不幸察他.
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- He was dogged by his misfortune.
- 不幸的事总是纠缠着他.
《简明英汉词典》
- The worst misfortune that befell her was to bear a succession of girls.
- 她遭到的最倒霉的事就是一连生了好几个女儿.
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- Then she poured out her tale of misfortune.
- 然后他讲述了自己不幸遭遇.
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- I come now relation of a misfortune which about this time befell Mrs John Dashwood.
- 现在,我且来讲述大约在这时降临到约翰·达希伍德太太头上的灾祸.
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- Misfortune can be used as an excuse, but Du Toit used it as motivation.
- 不幸可以作为借口, 而杜托伊特却把它当作动力.
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- We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
- 我们本能地懂得, 正如养蜂人对待蜜蜂一样,如果不把我们生活中的重大事件告诉这条河,我们就会遭到厄运的袭击.
《用法词典》
- She is not a stranger to misfortune.
- 她对不幸的经历并不陌生.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is said to be an omen of misfortune.
- 那被认为是一种不幸的先兆.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We become companion in misfortune from then on.
- 从那时起,我们就成了患难之交.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Some of my friends estranged themselves from me in my misfortune.
- 我倒霉时,有些朋友就疏远了我.
《简明英汉词典》
- The old woman repined at her misfortune.
- 那老妇人怨叹不幸的遭遇.
《简明英汉词典》
- There is no highroad to happiness or misfortune ; every man brings them on himself.
- 祸福无门, 唯人自召[招].
《现代汉英综合大词典》