- Ever climb a ladder and then, when you’re at the top, the ladder tips over, leaving you stranded up there? That’s the start of a misadventure, an unfortunate situation that happens because of bad luck.
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- n. 灾难；不幸遭遇
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1. The continuing Afghanistan misadventure is another sign of the insanity that the gods have inflicted on those they intend to destroy.
仍然持续不断的阿富汗灾难则是另一个疯狂的迹象——神欲使其灭亡必先使其疯狂。
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2. Empowerment of the individual was the idea in 1857, and after a century and a half of travail and misadventure among human societies, there is no better idea left standing.
“权力归于个人”，这就是1857年人们所秉持的信念，而人类社会经历了一个半世纪的阵痛与种种劫难，并无更好的理念最终存留下来。
mis·ad·ven·ture / ˌmɪsədˈventʃə(r) ; NAmE ˌmɪsədˈventʃər / noun 1 [uncountable ] ( BrE) ( law 律 ) death caused by accident, rather than as a result of a crime 意外致死 ◆ a verdict of death by misadventure 意外死亡的裁决 2 [countable , uncountable ] ( formal) bad luck or a small accident 厄运；恶运；不幸遭遇 SYN mishap misadventure misadventures mis·ad·ven·ture / ˌmɪsədˈventʃə(r) ; NAmE ˌmɪsədˈventʃər /
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