mischance
英 [mɪs'tʃɑːns]
美 [,mɪs'tʃæns]
IELTS
- mischance (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French mescheance "misfortune, mishap, accident; wickedness, malice," from Vulgar Latin *minuscadentiam; see mis- (2) + chance (n.). Now usually "bad luck;" formerly much stronger: "calamity, disaster."
- mischance (v.)
- 1540s, from mis- (1) + chance (v.). Related: Mischanced; mischancing.
- 1. A series of mischance happened.
- 一连串不幸的事发生了.
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- 2. I lost your file by pure mischance.
- 我把你的文件丢了,纯粹是碰上倒霉事了.
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- 3. It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.
- 这真是倒楣透顶的事; 我尽量地泼冷水.
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- 4. Their intrusion, though baffling and terrible , is not a random mischance.
- 他们的闯入, 虽然使人惊疑不定,却并不是飞来横祸.
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- 5. Only a serious mischance will prevent him from arriving tomorrow.
- 只有碰上极倒霉的意外变故,他明天才会来不了.
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