vicissitudes

英[vɪ'sɪsɪtjuːdz] 美[və'sɪsəˌtjuːdz]
  • n. (人生的)盛衰;变迁
名词 vicissitude:
  1. a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something

  2. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

1. He experienced several great social vicissitudes in his life.
他一生中经历了几次大的社会变迁.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
饱经沧桑,不易沮丧.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The vicissitudes of life may suddenly make a rich man very poor.
在人世的沧桑中,一个有钱人突然也会变成穷光蛋.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. The city has been through many vicissitudes.
这个城市经历了多次兴衰.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Whatever the vicissitudes of her past life, Jill now seems to have come through.
不管过去经历了什么坎坷,吉尔现在似乎都已经挺过来了。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. His life is marked by vicissitudes.
      他的一生几经沈浮。
    2. He was battling against the vicissitudes of life.
      他在每况愈下的生活中奋斗。
    3. The city has been through many vicissitudes.
      这个城市经历了多次兴衰。
    4. The novel described the vicissitudes of daily life.
      这部小说描述了日常生活的变迁兴衰。

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