| 英语单词 | misfortune |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌmɪs'fɔːtʃuːn] 美 [ˌmɪs'fɔːrtʃuːn] |
| 中文释义 | n.不幸;灾祸 |
| 英语例句 | (1) One misfortune followed hard on another. (2) He had the misfortune to break his left arm. (3) They bravely buffeted misfortune's billows. (4) Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 不幸接踵而来。 (2) 他不幸把左胳臂折断了。 (3) 他们勇敢地与灾祸的恶浪搏斗。 (4) 谎言是灾祸的骑师。 |
| vocabulary简明 | On a gloomy day, you may feel compelled to list your misfortunes: a broken umbrella, a broken heart, a broken toe. Misfortune means bad luck or the state of having bad luck. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Break misfortune into its parts and you get mis- meaning bad and fortune meaning chance or luck. Sometimes it can feel like misfortune follows you. Picture it as a gloomy psychic named "Miss Fortune" who can only see the bad things in your future. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]不幸;灾祸 A misfortune is something unpleasant or unlucky that happens to someone.
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