(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
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'alternation'): from French, or from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim 'by turns', from vic- 'turn, change'