mischance
英 [m?s't?ɑ?ns]
美[,m?s't??ns]
- n. 不幸，不幸的事；災(zāi)難
IELTS
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?mischances;
中文詞源
mischance 不幸，厄運
mis-,壞的，錯的，不好的，chance,運氣。
英文詞源
- mischance (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French mescheance "misfortune, mishap, accident; wickedness, malice," from Vulgar Latin *minuscadentiam; see mis- (2) + chance (n.). Now usually "bad luck;" formerly much stronger: "calamity, disaster."
- mischance (v.)
- 1540s, from mis- (1) + chance (v.). Related: Mischanced; mischancing.
雙語例句
- 1. A series of mischance happened.
- 一連串不幸的事發(fā)生了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I lost your file by pure mischance.
- 我把你的文件丟了,純粹是碰上倒霉事了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.
- 這真是倒楣透頂?shù)氖? 我盡量地潑冷水.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Their intrusion, though baffling and terrible , is not a random mischance.
- 他們的闖入, 雖然使人驚疑不定,卻并不是飛來橫禍.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Only a serious mischance will prevent him from arriving tomorrow.
- 只有碰上極倒霉的意外變故,他明天才會來不了.
來自辭典例句