misfortune
n
1 [U] bad luck 不幸; 厄运: suffer great misfortune 遭到极大不幸
companions in misfortune 难友
Misfortune struck early in the voyage. 起航之後即遭不测.
They had the misfortune to be hit by a violent storm. 他们不幸遇上了猛烈的风暴.
2 [C] instance of this; unfortunate condition, accident or event 不幸事故; 灾难; 灾祸
She bore her misfortunes bravely. 她勇敢地忍受著苦难.
Fred Pearson was walking through the university town of Oxford one morning in 1961.
1961年的某个早上,弗雷德·皮尔逊正步行通过牛津大学城。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.