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单词 adversity
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Definition of adversity in English:

adversity

nounPlural adversities ədˈvəːsɪtiədˈvərsədi
mass noun
  • A difficult or unpleasant situation.

    resilience in the face of adversity
    count noun she overcame many adversities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her brilliance at the keyboard is an inspirational example of how talent can overcome adversity.
    • The team has suffered through some adversity, but they seem to be the better for it.
    • He has overcome massive adversity throughout the last three-and-a-half years.
    • If we abandon our ideals in the face of adversity and aggression, then those ideals were never really in our possession.
    • The real issue is that suffering is part of life, as are loss and adversity.
    • In both, the aim is to overcome adversity, and those who are most successful are those who have done that best.
    • He symbolises great tolerance, and dogged persistence in the face of adversity.
    • They share a friendship forged through adversity.
    • They want a better life, and they're prepared to face adversity to get it.
    • Here are real stories of courage against adversity which reveal rich personalities who have much to offer.
    • These would offer hope and understanding at a time when there's so much suffering and adversity in the world.
    • They showed that they can stare adversity in the face and still come out on top.
    • The history of man, which is peppered with triumph over adversity, has been a long and difficult one.
    • Perhaps the tourist sector could turn adversity into advantage by launching official flood tours of York.
    • The next 12 months will be crucial in establishing whether he can cope with adversity.
    • Something about these teams seems to draw them together in adversity.
    • The book was well received and is a moving account of a man's struggle against adversity.
    • What they all share is a triumph of the human spirit in adversity.
    • Nominees can be able bodied or disabled sportsmen and women and may well have triumphed over adversity.
    • He is a man who has had to face up to adversity and he has done so with determination and dignity.
    Synonyms
    misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, misadventure, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, heartbreak, heartache, wretchedness, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma, torment, torture
    mishap, stroke of ill luck, stroke of bad luck, accident, shock, upset, reverse, reversal, reversal of fortune, setback, crisis, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, trial, cross, burden, blow, buffet, vicissitude, issue
    hard times, dire straits, trials and tribulations
    informal hell, hell on earth, hassle, stress
    literary dolour, travails

Origin

Middle English: from Old French adversite, from Latin adversitas, from advertere 'turn towards'.

Rhymes

biodiversity, diversity, perversity, university
 
 

Definition of adversity in US English:

adversity

nounədˈvərsədēədˈvərsədi
  • Difficulties; misfortune.

    resilience in the face of adversity
    she overcame many adversities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What they all share is a triumph of the human spirit in adversity.
    • Perhaps the tourist sector could turn adversity into advantage by launching official flood tours of York.
    • They want a better life, and they're prepared to face adversity to get it.
    • Nominees can be able bodied or disabled sportsmen and women and may well have triumphed over adversity.
    • Something about these teams seems to draw them together in adversity.
    • Her brilliance at the keyboard is an inspirational example of how talent can overcome adversity.
    • They share a friendship forged through adversity.
    • The history of man, which is peppered with triumph over adversity, has been a long and difficult one.
    • The team has suffered through some adversity, but they seem to be the better for it.
    • The book was well received and is a moving account of a man's struggle against adversity.
    • He is a man who has had to face up to adversity and he has done so with determination and dignity.
    • These would offer hope and understanding at a time when there's so much suffering and adversity in the world.
    • If we abandon our ideals in the face of adversity and aggression, then those ideals were never really in our possession.
    • In both, the aim is to overcome adversity, and those who are most successful are those who have done that best.
    • Here are real stories of courage against adversity which reveal rich personalities who have much to offer.
    • They showed that they can stare adversity in the face and still come out on top.
    • The real issue is that suffering is part of life, as are loss and adversity.
    • He has overcome massive adversity throughout the last three-and-a-half years.
    • He symbolises great tolerance, and dogged persistence in the face of adversity.
    • The next 12 months will be crucial in establishing whether he can cope with adversity.
    Synonyms
    misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, misadventure, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, heartbreak, heartache, wretchedness, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma, torment, torture

Origin

Middle English: from Old French adversite, from Latin adversitas, from advertere ‘turn towards’.

 
 
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