vicissitude

英 [vɪ'sɪsɪtjuːd] 美 [vɪ'sɪsɪtuːd]

• n. 变化；变迁；兴败；盛衰
• n. [古诗]代谢；交替；沉浮

英英释义

Noun:

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)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It reflects the vicissitude of society.
   它反映了社会的变迁兴衰。
2. What vicissitude and symbolic meaning do such beautiful and unique trappings bear?
   这种俏丽别致的服饰，承载着怎样大历史变迁和寓意象征？

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。

经典引文

• Her girlish shyness..made the colour come and go in rapid vicissitude upon her cheek.

  出自： M. O. W. Oliphant

• Remarkable climatic vicissitudes during past ages.

  出自： R. S. Ball