| 单词 | misadventure |
| 释义 | misadventure From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmisadventuremis‧ad‧ven‧ture /ˌmɪsədˈventʃə $ -ər/ noun1 → death by misadventure2 [countable, uncountable] literaryACCIDENT bad luck or an accidentExamples from the Corpusmisadventure• At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquest jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.• The political fallout from his misadventure has been compared in the London press to that experienced by Sen.• Your little misadventure saved my life, Walt.• He survived a series of misadventures, including the loss of his boat and a stint in jail.• A titillating evening of non-stop misadventure awaits.• They saved themselves from a terrible misadventure by testing their dream-before they tried to live it.• My third misadventure of the trip happened while we were in Wellington.• The Coroner recorded a verdict that his death was misadventure.Origin misadventure (1200-1300) Old French mesaventure, from mesavenir “to happen badly” |
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