英语网 单词
adversity的意思
adversity
英 [əd'vɜːsɪtɪ]
美 [əd'vɝsəti]
- n. 逆境；不幸；灾难；灾祸
助记提示
1、ad- "to" + vers- + -ity.
2、含义：turned toward, fronting, facing, turned against. => hostile, adverse, unfavorable.
3、命运之神始终跟你作对。特指面临、遭遇的是(不幸的)命运。特指对立、对手、敌人、敌对的是命运。
4、特指命运。
2、含义：turned toward, fronting, facing, turned against. => hostile, adverse, unfavorable.
3、命运之神始终跟你作对。特指面临、遭遇的是(不幸的)命运。特指对立、对手、敌人、敌对的是命运。
4、特指命运。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.--John Churton
- 得意时，朋友识我；失意时，我识朋友。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. He showed courage in adversity.
- 他在逆境中表现出了勇气。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. courage in the face of adversity
- 面对逆境的勇气
来自《权威词典》
- 4. In time of adversity, those who do not desert you are real friends.
- 在患难中不弃你而去的人才是真正的朋友.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up.
- 面对逆境她从未想过放弃.
来自《简明英汉词典》