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mishap n.不幸之事；灾祸；恶运 (1) 许多物种都因这一灾祸而发育不良。(2) 你的出生不是一个错误或灾祸，你的生命也绝非侥幸。 You might assume that hap is short for happening, but it is actually an Old Norse word for "luck." So with mis ("bad") in front of it, it literally means “bad luck.” Mishaps can be accidents of great consequence or minimal consequence. People often say that an event went off “without a mishap,” meaning that it went smoothly. Hopefully this will be the case if you ever get knee surgery.

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英 ['mɪshæp] 美 ['mɪshæp] (1) Many species will be dwarfed due to this mishap.(2) Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Don’t cry over spilled milk, it is just a minor mishap — a misfortune. If the surgeon operates on the wrong leg when you go in for knee surgery? Now, that’s a mishap to get upset about. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]晦气；不幸；小灾难 A mishap is an unfortunate but not very serious event that happens to someone. After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany...经历了一番波折之后，她终于设法返回德国。The plot passed off without mishap.剧情发展波澜不惊。

英语单词	mishap
英美音标	英 ['mɪshæp] 美 ['mɪshæp]
中文释义	n.不幸之事；灾祸；恶运
英语例句	(1) Many species will be dwarfed due to this mishap. (2) Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature.
中文例句	(1) 许多物种都因这一灾祸而发育不良。 (2) 你的出生不是一个错误或灾祸，你的生命也绝非侥幸。
vocabulary简明	Don’t cry over spilled milk, it is just a minor mishap — a misfortune. If the surgeon operates on the wrong leg when you go in for knee surgery? Now, that’s a mishap to get upset about.
vocabulary扩展	You might assume that hap is short for happening, but it is actually an Old Norse word for "luck." So with mis ("bad") in front of it, it literally means “bad luck.” Mishaps can be accidents of great consequence or minimal consequence. People often say that an event went off “without a mishap,” meaning that it went smoothly. Hopefully this will be the case if you ever get knee surgery.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]晦气；不幸；小灾难 A mishap is an unfortunate but not very serious event that happens to someone. After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany... 经历了一番波折之后，她终于设法返回德国。 The plot passed off without mishap. 剧情发展波澜不惊。

Mishap Knee Event 英 Mɪshæp] 美 Mɪshæp N.不幸之事；灾祸；恶运 Species