infelicity
英 [?nf?'l?s?t?]
美 [,?nf?'l?s?ti]
- n. 不幸；不適當；不吉利（復數infelicities）
英文詞源
- infelicity (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin infelicitas "ill luck, misfortune," from infelix (genitive infelicis) "unfruitful, barren; unfortunate, unhappy, causing misfortune, unlucky," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + felix (see felicity).
雙語例句
- 1. You will be surprised there is so much infelicity in the world.
- 你會感到驚訝世界上竟有這么多不幸的事情.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. A judgmental infelicity plagued past generations.
- 這種不恰當的看法曾困擾了幾代人.
來自辭典例句
- 3. There is so much infelicity in the world.
- 人世間有很多不幸的事.
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