| 单词 | misadventure |
| 释义 | misadventure (once / 4795 pages) n Ever climb a ladder and then, when you’re at the top, the ladder tips over, leaving you stranded up there? That’s the start of a misadventure, an unfortunate situation that happens because of bad luck. Kids are always having misadventures. Falling into a pit of mud, getting stuck between slats in a fence, a monkey stealing the shirt off your back: all classic misadventures. The word is rooted in the French word mesaventure, which translates to “turn out badly.” Some misadventures are only embarrassing, while others are exhausting and sad. The worst part? You can’t prevent a misadventure, because they happen by chance. WORD FAMILYmisadventure: misadventures+/adventure: adventured, adventurer, adventures, adventuresome, adventuring, adventurism, adventurous, misadventure/adventurer: adventurers/adventurism: adventurisms, adventuristic/adventurous: adventurously, adventurousness, unadventurous/unadventurous: unadventurously USAGE EXAMPLESAfter your misadventures on the Empire Builder, why would you and your husband try Amtrak again? Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Insecure” shares some DNA with a previous project of Rae’s, acclaimed Web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) That speaks to a deeper continuity with past conservative outlooks than his superficial attacks against Bush-era neoconservative misadventures. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) n an instance of misfortune Syn|Hypo|Hyper mischance, mishap accident an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury near missan accidental collision that is narrowly avoided derailmentan accident in which a train runs off its track ground loopa sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground punctureloss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object slip, tripan accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall crash(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative fall, spill, tumblea sudden drop from an upright position collisionan accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object crash, wrecka serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) accidental injury, injuryan accident that results in physical damage or hurt shipwreck, wreckan accident that destroys a ship at sea casualty, fatal accidentan accident that causes someone to die head crash(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk) bad luck, misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event |
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