|
|
Перевод: misfortune
[существительное]
беда ; несчастье; неудача ; злоключение
[существительное]
Тезаурус:
- He told the paper that his life had been a torment after his arrest and explained that a simple error had led to his misfortune.
- "Not only does the present law put all the blame on an unfortunate woman, it is used to punish her for her misfortune.
- It's a misfortune, just the same as being blind."
- Folklorists attribute various behaviours to Black Dogs; most usually, those who have the misfortune of seeing one will die in the coming year.
- He was well-aware of the sense in which he made up what happened to him, imagined his misfortune.
- Labelling theory implies that criminals are powerless, passive victims who have had the misfortune to be labelled criminal, and have not been able to do anything about it.
- Mr Premium, thought Sir Peter, would abuse the public for allowing merit to an Act whose object was to snatch misfortune and prudence from the rapacious gripe of usury, and give the minor a chance of inheriting his estate without being undone by coming into possession.
- The Christian view of life, death and afterlife as a continuum not only supplied a happy ending to the human story, but could also "justify God's ways to man", in so far as the good man would be rewarded for a well-spent life, even if it seemed to have been dogged by misfortune.
- "Oh dear, what a shame," says Robyn, without being able to work up much genuine compassion for this misfortune.
- Or as Engels meditated, "Irish history shows one what a misfortune it is for a nation to have subjugated another nation.
- Having had the misfortune to have good rail links, a large aerodrome and to be within easy reach, Aachen was a regular target for Allied bombing raids, so that much of it is recent.
- Shakespeare, one realizes, had the supreme misfortune not to be an Inkling.
- In its four quarters he kept his four "wives", each totally oblivious of the others, until sheer misfortune led to his discovery and his just deserts.
|
 |
|
