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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A series of mischance happened.
一連串不幸的事發(fā)生了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. I lost your file by pure mischance.
我把你的文件丟了,純粹是碰上倒霉事了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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?shù)氖? 我盡量地潑冷水.
來(lái)自辭典例句
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,卻并不是飛來(lái)橫禍.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Only a serious mischance will prevent him from arriving tomorrow.