单词	misadventure
释义	misadventuremis‧ad‧ven‧ture /ˌmɪsədˈventʃə $ -ər/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINmisadventure Origin: 1200-1300 Old French mesaventure, from mesavenir ‘to happen badly’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He survived a series of misadventures, including the loss of his boat and a stint in jail. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A titillating evening of non-stop misadventure awaits. At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquest jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure. My third misadventure of the trip happened while we were in Wellington. The Coroner recorded a verdict that his death was misadventure. The political fallout from his misadventure has been compared in the London press to that experienced by Sen. They saved themselves from a terrible misadventure by testing their dream-before they tried to live it. Verdict: Death by misadventure on Swales and unlawful killing on the two girls. Your little misadventure saved my life, Walt. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► death by misadventure A second inquest in February 1987, returned a verdict of death by misadventure. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded. At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquest jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure. The coroner's jury brought in death by misadventure, on advice by the coroner. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. 1death by misadventure British English law the official name for a death caused by an accident:  A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.2[countable, uncountable] literary bad luck or an accident
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