misadventure

英 [ˌmɪsədˈventʃə(r)]

美 [ˌmɪsədˈventʃər]

n.  意外致死; 厄运; 恶运; 不幸遭遇

复数：misadventures　

TEM8法律

BNC.22758 / COCA.20950

牛津词典

noun

• 意外致死
  death caused by accident, rather than as a result of a crime
  1. a verdict of death by misadventure
     意外死亡的裁决
• 厄运；恶运；不幸遭遇
  bad luck or a small accident

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不幸事件；灾难
  Amisadventureis an unfortunate incident.
  1. ...a series of misadventures...
     一连串的不幸事件
  2. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.
     判定为意外死亡。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of misfortune
  Synonym:mishapmischance

双语例句

• Donald always seems to be short of cash andmake a habit of lurching from one misadventure to thenext.
  唐老鸭看起来总缺钱花，而且习惯性地麻烦不断。
• He told a wonderfully funny story about a friend's misadventure.
  他讲了一个关于他朋友不幸遭遇的非常有趣的故事。
• Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.
  最好最妙的经验教训来自失利而非来自成功。
• Save this letter and show it next time we all embark on another stupid misadventure.
  留着这封信，等我们下次再遭遇愚蠢不幸的时候再拿出来看好了。
• If we can judge the leakage of poisonous gas earlier, and take measures before the accident enlarge, we can avoid safety misadventure.
  对气体泄漏及早做出判断，在泄漏事故未扩大之前采取有效措施，就可以避免安全事故的发生。
• The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
  验尸官将“死于不幸事故”的结论记录在案。
• Yet the misjudgment and misadventure in Iraq will forever soil a record that could have been so much better.
  但在伊拉克问题上的错误判断和不幸遭遇，将永远玷污他本应更好的政绩。
• Economic loss caused by computer security misadventure is larger than it caused by other tradition economic cases.
  每年因计算机安全事件所造成的经济损失较其他传统经济案件多出数倍。
• Such corrections are not automatic: something ( a misadventure in Iran?) may yet compound the misery of Iraq in the same way Watergate followed Vietnam.
  像这样的自我修正并不是自动的：有些事情（涉险伊朗？）可能会使伊拉克问题恶化，正如水门事件之于越战。
• I decided to keep my misadventure secret.
  我打算对这段过错保密。