adversity

英式音标：[ədˈvɜ:səti]播放读音

美式音标：[ədˈvɜrsəti]播放读音

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概况：

n. 逆境；不幸；灾难；灾祸

词义：

n.

逆境；不幸；灾难；

变形

复数：adversities

英英释义

adversity[ əd'və:səti ]

n.

a state of misfortune or affliction

"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"

同义词：hardshiphard knocks

a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Hardship disposes man to meet adversity.
艰苦能让人适应逆境。

His struggle with adversity is fruitless.
他徒与不幸挣扎而毫无结果。

A genuine friend will not desert you in time of adversity.
真正的朋友不会在患难时弃你而去。

It is wise even in adversity to listen to reason.
灾难中听从理性的召唤也是明智的。

Friendship fades away between red lanterns and green wine, but it blooms in misfortune and adversity.
友谊常在珠光宝气和灯红洒绿之间顿萎，却在不幸和灾难频衍的境界开花。

Adversity is man's true touchstone.
逆境是人真正的试金石。

权威例句

Resilience in the face of adversity. Protective factors and resistance to psychiatric disorder.

Resilience and development: Contributions from the study of children who overcome adversity

The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity ...

Chronic family adversity and early child behavior problems: a longitudinal study of low income families

Positive change following trauma and adversity: A review

The moderation by the serotonin transporter gene of environmental adversity in the aetiology of mental illness: review and methodolo...

Competence in the context of adversity: Pathways to resilience and maladaptation from childhood to late adolescence

Positive Adjustment to Threatening Events: An Organismic Valuing Theory of Growth Through Adversity.

Resilience in the face of adversity

Construing benefits from adversity: adaptational significance and dispositional underpinnings

同义词：tragedy,grief,evil,disaster

英语词源：

adversity (n.)

c. 1200, aduersite "misfortune, hardship, difficulty," from Old French aversité "adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice" (Modern French adversité), from Latin adversitatem (nominative adversitas) "opposition," from adversus (see adverse).

造句：

1. companion in adversity

患难之交

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Unity in adversity

团结一致共赴时艰

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

3. Battle against adversity

和逆境作斗争

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

4. face adversity with courage

有勇气面对厄运.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. adversity reveals virtue.

岁寒知松柏。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

6. comfort in adversity

逆境中的安慰

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. steadfast in adversity

在逆境中毫不动摇

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

8. Adversity reveals genius

疾风知劲草

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

9. adversity tries them.

患难时则考验朋友。”

-- 来源 -- 格言英语通 - 格言121-125

10. remain cheerful in adversity

处于逆境而仍乐观

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考