Word · Frequency #22758
misadventure
不幸；厄运；倒霉事
A piece of bad luck; an unlucky event or mishap.
- 1.
Synonym of misfortune, bad luck or mishap, an instance of bad luck.
不幸；厄运；灾祸；一件不幸的事
- 2.
Synonym of mistake, a misguided and/or failed enterprise, a risky action that turns out badly.
错误；失败的事业；结果糟糕的冒险行动
- 3.
A fatal mishap, especially one voluntarily risked by the victim, bad luck causing an accidental death without attaching any liability to any other involved parties.
致命意外事故,尤指受害者自愿冒险所致,不追究他人责任
失策；失败之举；意外致死；（法律）意外事故；不幸；厄运；灾祸；一件不幸的事；错误；失败的事业；结果糟糕的冒险行动；致命意外事故,尤指受害者自愿冒险所致,不追究他人责任
In use
Their hiking trip ended in a serious misadventure when they got lost in the wilderness.
The explorer wrote a book recounting all his misadventures in the jungle.
A simple misadventure in the kitchen resulted in a small fire.
a ~
表示一次具体的意外事件。
His vacation turned into a misadventure.
他的假期变成了一次不幸的遭遇。
~s
复数形式指一系列意外。
The explorer had many misadventures in the jungle.
探险家在丛林中有多次不幸的遭遇。
death by ~
法律用语，指非故意、非他杀的意外死亡。
Connections
Collocations
- a series of misadventures
- 一连串的不幸遭遇
- After a series of misadventures, they finally reached the hotel.在一连串不幸遭遇之后，他们终于到达了旅馆。
- death by misadventure
- 意外致死（不追究他人责任）
- The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.验尸官作出了意外致死的裁决。
- financial misadventure
- 财务失策
- His financial misadventures left him deeply in debt.他在财务上的失策使他负债累累。
- comic misadventures
- 滑稽的倒霉事
- The novel follows the comic misadventures of a young clerk.这部小说讲述了一个年轻职员滑稽的倒霉事。
- youthful misadventures
- 年少时的荒唐事
- He often laughed about his youthful misadventures.他常笑着提起自己年轻时那些荒唐事。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把mis-想成'错'，adventure是冒险，合起来'整岔了的冒险'——记misadventure是不幸、灾祸。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、法律语境 多用于正式或书面语，比较常见于法律语境（如死亡原因调查）；日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
Used as a countable noun for instances of misfortune.
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 misadventure /ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃə/ 押韵的词有 adventure /ədˈvɛntʃə/、venture /ˈvɛntʃə/、denture /ˈdɛntʃə/、indenture /ɪnˈdɛntʃə/，因为重读元音及之后的读音都是 /ɛntʃə/。注意 picture /ˈpɪktʃə/ 和 nature /ˈneɪtʃə/ 也以 -ture 结尾，但重读元音或前面的辅音不同，并不押韵；mis- 读作 /ˌmɪs/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.