vicissitude

英 [vɪ'sɪsɪtjuːd; vaɪ-] 美 [vɪ'sɪsɪtud]
  • n. 变迁;盛衰;变化无常;变迁兴衰

助记提示


1. vice-, vicar => vicis "turn, change, exchange, substitution" => vicissitude.

中文词源


vicissitude 变迁,兴衰荣辱

来自拉丁语vicis,改变,交流,继任,来自PIE*weik,弯,转,词源同week,vicarious。引申词义变迁,兴衰荣辱。

英文词源


vicissitude
vicissitude: see vicar
vicissitude (n.)
"a passing from one state to another," whether regular or not, 1560s, from Middle French vicissitude (14c.), from Latin vicissitudinem (nominative vicissitudo) "change, interchange, alternation," from vicissim (adv.) "changeably, on the other hand, by turns, in turn," from vicis "a turn, change" (see vicarious). Related: Vicissitudes.

双语例句


1. It is indeed a strange vicissitude of our science.
这确实是我们科学的一个奇怪变迁.

来自辞典例句

2. So great a vicissitude in his life could not at once be received as real.
他的生活中发生了如此巨大的变迁,他一时还无法相信是真的.

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3. Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.
个人的特性和身世的沉浮都表明特罗依中士是一个非同寻常的人.

来自辞典例句

4. First chapter elaborated education - through - labor historical vicissitude and the development tendency.
第一章论述了劳动教养的历史变迁与发展趋势.

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5. The fifth part is about vicissitude of Nanjing countryside social security systems.
第五部分,南京市农村社会保障制度的变迁.

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