Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #8481
Fully loadedmisfortune
不幸；厄运；倒霉
Bad luck or an unfortunate state caused by unfavorable circumstances.
- 1.
Synonym of bad luck.
bad luck 的同义词。
- 2.
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
由于不幸事件导致的不必要和意外的麻烦
- 3.
An instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident.
不幸的具体事件,如事故等。
- 4.
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
由于不利结果导致的不幸状态
不幸事件；灾祸；横祸；bad luck 的同义词。；由于不幸事件导致的不必要和意外的麻烦；不幸的具体事件,如事故等。；由于不利结果导致的不幸状态
In use
She faced her misfortune with remarkable courage.
A series of misfortunes led to the company's bankruptcy.
He had the misfortune to lose his wallet on the first day of vacation.
suffer misfortune
misfortune前可用形容词修饰。
She suffered great misfortune in her early life.
她早年遭受了巨大的不幸。
a misfortune
可数名词，指具体的不幸事件。
Losing his job was a misfortune for the family.
失去工作对这个家庭来说是一件不幸的事。
have the misfortune to do sth
固定结构，表示“不幸做某事”。
Connections
Collocations
- suffer misfortune
- 遭受不幸
- He suffered a great misfortune when his house burned down.他的房子被烧毁时，他遭受了极大的不幸。
- a string of misfortunes
- 一连串的不幸
- The family has experienced a string of misfortunes this year.这家人今年经历了一连串的不幸。
- bring misfortune
- 带来厄运
- Superstition says that breaking a mirror brings seven years of misfortune.迷信说打碎镜子会带来七年的厄运。
- meet with misfortune
- 遭遇不幸
- The explorer met with misfortune in the desert.那位探险家在沙漠中遭遇了不幸。
- a great misfortune
- 极大的不幸
- Losing her job was a great misfortune, but she soon found another one.失去工作对她来说是极大的不幸，但她很快找到了另一份工作。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
误（mis）加上运气（fortune），错误的运气就是不幸。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：general conversation、news reports、literary writing 该词在正式与非正式场合均可使用，多用于描述不幸事件或状态，常见于书面语和口语中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'fortune' rhymes exactly with 'misfortune' (both /fɔːtʃuːn/). Words sharing the 'mis-' prefix (e.g., misbehave, mistake, mismatch, misfit) have different pronunciation. 'Tune' shares the spelling chunk 'tune' but is pronounced /tjuːn/, not /tʃuːn/, so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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