misfortune

[ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn]
  • 释义
  • 不幸,厄运;灾难;不幸事故;

  • 词义辨析
  • 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多指较为严重的不幸,强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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》
  • 2、

    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
  • 3、

    Her career was dogged by misfortune.

    她一生屡遭不幸.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 4、

    He was dogged by his misfortune.

    不幸的事总是纠缠着他.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    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》
  • 6、

    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》
  • 7、

    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》
  • 8、

    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》
  • 9、

    Misfortune lighted upon him.

    他突然遭到不幸.

    《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 10、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 11、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 12、

    It seems the banks always profit from farmers' misfortunes.

    银行似乎总是从农民的不幸中获益。

    朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
  • 13、

    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》
  • 14、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 15、

    He had his full share of misfortune.

    他吃尽了苦头。

    柯林斯高阶英语词典
  • 16、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 17、

    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
  • 18、

    She is not a stranger to misfortune.

    她对不幸的经历并不陌生.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    He has known great misfortune in his life.

    他一生中经历过巨大的不幸。

    牛津高阶英汉双解词典
  • 20、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 21、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 22、

    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
  • 23、

    Misfortune makes us wise.

    不幸使人明智.

    期刊摘选
  • 24、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 25、

    Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.

    经不起不幸是最大的不幸.

    期刊摘选
  • 26、

    Poverty involved his family in misfortune.

    贫困使他的家庭陷入不幸.

    期刊摘选
  • 27、

    The old woman repined at her misfortune.

    那老妇人怨叹不幸的遭遇.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 28、

    Then she poured out her tale of misfortune.

    然后他讲述了自己不幸遭遇.

    期刊摘选
  • 29、

    We had the misfortune to run into a violent storm.

    我们不幸遭遇了猛烈的暴风雨。

    牛津高阶英汉双解词典
  • 30、

    She bore her misfortunes bravely.

    她勇敢地承受不幸的遭遇。

    牛津高阶英汉双解词典