英语词汇“misfortune”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

On a gloomy day, you may feel compelled to list your misfortunes: a broken umbrella, a broken heart, a broken toe. Misfortune means bad luck or the state of having bad luck.

Break misfortune into its parts and you get mis- meaning bad and fortune meaning chance or luck. Sometimes it can feel like misfortune follows you. Picture it as a gloomy psychic named "Miss Fortune" who can only see the bad things in your future.

WORD FAMILY

misfortune: misfortunes+/fortunate: fortunately, fortunatest, misfortunate, unfortunate/fortune: fortunate, fortunes, misfortune/misfortunate: misfortunately/unfortunate: unfortunately, unfortunates

USAGE EXAMPLES

But bits of lifesaving luck cut through the series of misfortunes for the family.

Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)

Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead.

Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)

The tragedy of Nabokov’s loss is that his misfortune was easily explained by public history.

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

1n an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

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bad luck, ill luck, tough luck

good fortune, good luck, luckiness

an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes

weakness

the condition of being financially weak

adversity, hard knocks, hardship

a state of misfortune or affliction

gutter, sewer, toilet

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

hard cheese

bad luck

ill-being

lack of prosperity or happiness or health

catastrophe, disaster

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

extremity

an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

distress

a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

affliction

a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

victimization

adversity resulting from being made a victim

low-water mark, nadir

an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything

circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

2n unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

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bad luck

pity, shame

an unfortunate development

misadventure, mischance, mishap

an instance of misfortune

calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

adversity

a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

hardship

something that causes or entails suffering

knock

a bad experience

accident

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

near miss

an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided

derailment

an accident in which a train runs off its track

ground loop

a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground

puncture

loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object

act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

apocalypse

a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

famine

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

kiss of death

something that is ruinous

meltdown

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

plague

any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

visitation

any disaster or catastrophe

slip, trip

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

tidal wave

an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide

tsunami

a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

crash

(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

trouble

an event causing distress or pain

单词	misfortune
释义	misfortune (once / 202 pages) n On a gloomy day, you may feel compelled to list your misfortunes: a broken umbrella, a broken heart, a broken toe. Misfortune means bad luck or the state of having bad luck. Break misfortune into its parts and you get mis- meaning bad and fortune meaning chance or luck. Sometimes it can feel like misfortune follows you. Picture it as a gloomy psychic named "Miss Fortune" who can only see the bad things in your future. WORD FAMILY misfortune: misfortunes+/fortunate: fortunately, fortunatest, misfortunate, unfortunate/fortune: fortunate, fortunes, misfortune/misfortunate: misfortunately/unfortunate: unfortunately, unfortunates USAGE EXAMPLES But bits of lifesaving luck cut through the series of misfortunes for the family. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) The tragedy of Nabokov’s loss is that his misfortune was easily explained by public history. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper bad luck, ill luck, tough luck good fortune, good luck, luckiness an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes weakness the condition of being financially weak adversity, hard knocks, hardship a state of misfortune or affliction gutter, sewer, toilet misfortune resulting in lost effort or money hard cheese bad luck ill-being lack of prosperity or happiness or health catastrophe, disaster a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune extremity an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) distress a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) affliction a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity victimization adversity resulting from being made a victim low-water mark, nadir an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) 2n unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bad luck pity, shame an unfortunate development misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy an event resulting in great loss and misfortune adversity a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event hardship something that causes or entails suffering knock a bad experience accident an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury near miss an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided derailment an accident in which a train runs off its track ground loop a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground puncture loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil famine a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death kiss of death something that is ruinous meltdown a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown plague any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) visitation any disaster or catastrophe slip, trip an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall tidal wave an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide tsunami a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption crash (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative trouble an event causing distress or pain
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