| 词组 | misfortune |
| 释义 | misfortune /mɪsˈfɔːtʃən $ -ɔːr-/ noun [C,U] very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luckadjectivesa great/terrible misfortune Everything they owned was lost in the fire, which was a great misfortune.sheer misfortune (=nothing but very bad luck) Sheer misfortune led to his discovery and arrest.verbssuffer misfortune (=experience it) You are not the only person to have suffered misfortune in your life.be plagued by misfortune also be dogged by misfortune BrE (=have a lot of bad luck over a long period of time) The project seemed dogged by misfortune.profit from sb’s misfortune (=get advantages because of another person’s bad luck) It seems the banks always profit from farmers’ misfortunes.a misfortune happens to sb also a misfortune befalls sb formal He had lost his father at a young age, and didn’t want the same misfortune to befall his children.phraseshave the misfortune to do sth/of doing sth Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.a series/string of misfortunes The team has suffered a series of misfortunes this year. |
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