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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
  • 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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