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单词 vicissitude
释义 vi·cis·si·tude
\və̇ˈsisəˌtüd, -ə.ˌtyüd sometimes chiefly Brit vīˈ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim in turn (from vicis change, alternation, stead) + -tudo -tude — more at week
1.
 a. : the quality or state of being changeable or in flux : mutability
  < the vicissitude of human condition >
 b. : natural change or mutation : the rise and decline of phenomena : the successive alterations visible in nature or in human affairs
  < the vicissitudes of time and chance have left only 9 of the 30 trees — American Guide Series: Michigan >
2.
 a. : an accident of fortune : a shift of luck or vagary of chance : a fluctuation in condition (as of wealth, prosperity, or happiness)
  < lovers not only faithful but patient in the face of remarkable vicissitudes — Claudia Cassidy >
 b. : alternating change : succession
  < such alternations of energy and inertia, such sudden vicissitudes of greatness and decay — Irving Babbitt >
Synonyms: see difficulty
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