adversity
adversity 英 [ədˈvɜ:səti] 美 [ədˈvɜrsəti]
n. 逆境；不幸；灾难；灾祸
名词复数:adversities
- When circumstances or situations work against you, you face adversity. Refugees from war-torn countries encounter terrible adversity.
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- n. 逆境；不幸；灾难；灾祸
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1. Could you stand adversity?
你能经得住不幸吗?
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2. They have learned to struggle against adversity.
他们已经学会同逆境做斗争。
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3. His friends fell off one by one when he was in adversity.
在他身处逆境时，他的朋友一个接一个离他而去。
- adversity (n.) c. 1200, aduersite "condition of misfortune, hardship, difficulty, distress," from Old French adversite, aversite (Modern French aversité) "adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice" (Modern French adversité), from Latin adversitatem (nominative adversitas) "opposition," from adversus "turned against, hostile" (see adverse).
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