vicissitude 音标拼音: [v
, ɪs'ɪsɪtud]
n . 变化,变迁,荣枯,盛衰
变化,变迁,荣枯,盛衰
vicissitude n 1 :
a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something ; "
the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research "
2 :
mutability in life or nature (
especially successive alternation from one condition to another )
Vicissitude \
Vi *
cis "
si *
tude \,
n . [
L .
vicissitudo ,
fr .
vicis change ,
turn :
cf .
F .
vicissitude .
See {
Vicarious }.]
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1 .
Regular change or succession from one thing to another ;
alternation ;
mutual succession ;
interchange .
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God made two great lights . . .
To illuminate the earth and rule the day In their vicissitude ,
and rule the night . --
Milton .
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2 .
Irregular change ;
revolution ;
mutation .
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3 . (
pl .)
Changing conditions of fortune in one '
s life ;
life '
s ups and downs .
[
PJC ]
This man had ,
after many vicissitudes of fortune ,
sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty .
--
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vicissitude ":
adverse circumstances ,
adversity ,
affliction ,
aggravation ,
alteration ,
alternation ,
annoyance ,
asperity ,
blight ,
bummer ,
care ,
chain of circumstances ,
chain reaction ,
change ,
changeability ,
changes ,
chapter of accidents ,
chop and change ,
concatenation of events ,
contrasts ,
cross ,
curse ,
difficulties ,
difficulty ,
diversity ,
downer ,
feast and famine ,
fluctuation ,
flukiness ,
flux ,
hard knocks ,
hard life ,
hard lot ,
hardcase ,
hardness ,
hardship ,
inconstancy ,
innovation ,
ins and outs ,
irritation ,
mischance ,
misfortune ,
mutability ,
mutation ,
novelty ,
oscillation ,
pendulation ,
permutation ,
plight ,
predicament ,
pressure ,
progression ,
reversal ,
rigor ,
sea of troubles ,
seesawing ,
shifting ,
shuffling ,
sport ,
stress ,
stress of life ,
teeter -
tottering ,
teetering ,
tottering ,
transposition ,
trial ,
tribulation ,
trouble ,
troubles ,
unpredictability ,
ups and downs ,
vacillation ,
vale of tears ,
variability ,
variation ,
variations ,
variety ,
vicious circle ,
vicissitudes ,
vicissitudes of fortune ,
wavering
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