contretemps

英 ['kɒntrətɒ̃] 美 ['kɑːntrətɑː̃]

• n. 不幸的意外事件

英英释义

Noun:

1. an awkward clash;

   "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
   

经典引文

• The son..took every little contretemps as if it were a tragedy.

  出自： E. M. Forster