peripetia

英 [peraɪ'piːtə] 美 [peraɪ'piːtə]

• n. 情节或命运的突变

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work);

   "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• peripeteia 情节的突然转变...
• peripety 突变