mischance

• n. 不幸，不幸的事；災難

mis-,壞的，錯的，不好的，chance,運氣。

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.

一連串不幸的事發生了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. I lost your file by pure mischance.

我把你的文件丟了,純粹是碰上倒黴事了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.

這真是倒楣透頂的事; 我盡量地潑冷水.

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4. Their intrusion, though baffling and terrible , is not a random mischance.

他們的闖入, 雖然使人驚疑不定,卻並不是飛來橫禍.

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5. Only a serious mischance will prevent him from arriving tomorrow.

隻有碰上極倒黴的意外變故,他明天才會來不了.

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