vicissitude

vicissitude
[vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd, vʌɪ-]
noun
  1. (一般作vicissitudes)a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
    (尤指不受欢迎或不愉快的)世事变化,变迁
    her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune.
    她丈夫财富的急剧变化。
    ■[mass noun](poetic/literary)alternation between opposite or contrasting things
    (诗/文)对立事物之间)变更;交替
    the vicissitude of the seasons.
    四季的交替。
派生
vicissitudinous
[-ˈtjuːdɪnəs]
adjective
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'alternation'): from French, or from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim 'by turns', from vic- 'turn, change'
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