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

• 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。
• 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。
• The court returned a verdict of death by misadventure.
  法院裁定为意外事故死亡。
• Their holiday was ruined by a whole series of misadventure.
  一连串的不幸事故把他们的假日全毁了。
• Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. The achievements China has made in various fields over the past five years have not come by easily.
  最美好的教训不是得之于成功，而是来之于不幸。五年来，我国各方面的成就确实来之不易。
• One of, die to pay. When insurant suffers accident harm to cause death, the underwriter gives pay insurance against death gold. The coroner record a verdict of death by misadventure.
  其一，死亡给付。被保险人遭受意外伤害造成死亡时，保险人给付死亡保险金。验尸官对意外事故造成的死亡裁决作了记载。
• Making matters worse, America is bogged down largely alone in a prolonged decade-long misadventure in an area ranging from the Middle East proper to south-west Asia.
  让事情更糟的是，从中东到西南亚洲，美国基本上独自陷入了持续十年之久的倒霉冒险。
• 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。
• I decided to keep my misadventure secret. You're still harboring indecent thoughts about me.
  我打算对这段过错保密。你还在对我打坏主意。
• 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。