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单词 misventure
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misventuren.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈvɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈvɛn(t)ʃər/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and venture n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, venture n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + venture n. In sense 2 after Spanish desventura in Cervantes (see disventure n.).
Now archaic.
1. Mischance or misfortune; an unfortunate venture.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > an unlucky undertaking
maladventure1447
misventure1563
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1574) sig. A iv b Whosoeuer thou be, That by misuenture or by will, shall chaunce this booke to see.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. v. 108 All the misventures, which have this day happened to us, are designed as a punishment for the sins committed by your worship.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 131 From among so many shipwrecks and misventures one goodly vessel comes to land.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. i. 4 Pranks enough, and misventures,—half-drowning ‘in the mill-race at Annamoe in Ireland’, for one.
1909 E. Pound Exultations 47 To come to earth to draw us from misventure.
2. Foolish adventure; a foolish or ill-starred venture. Obsolete.
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1839 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 96/2 Like all good knights of misventure, I fainted and fell down upon the floor.
1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. v. 61 My honoured uncle would read those impious books of misventures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misventurev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, venture v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + venture v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To risk (money) in bad investments.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > risk (money) in hope of gain > specific on bad investments
misventure1677
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 20 Moneys misventur'd by trusting and bad Securities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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