Definition of mischance in English:

mischance

noun mɪsˈtʃɑːnsmɪsˈtʃæns

mass noun

1Bad luck.
厄运，坏运气；不幸
by pure mischance the secret was revealed
纯属运气不佳机密泄漏了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Bravery, mischance, well-trained American units, poorly trained Iraqi units, superior coalition leadership, and superior technology are all part of the calculus that made up what appeared to the world as an easy 100-hour rout.
- And if by mischance we misjudge it and present a flat hand to the other's fist we make nothing of the advantage or pretend that it hasn't happened, scrap that game and start again.
- His rise coincides with Tom's life falling apart - his wife leaves him, and by mischance he becomes prime suspect in a horrific crime - and their stories intersect.
- By the same token, organizations resort to sorcery to explain mischance.
- If, by dire mischance, a mishap occurs, we can forget this entire conversation.
- And it's about the huge swathes of sin and ignorance and mischance that shadow even our best attempts at truth and right action.
- He is not liable for mischance, or misadventure.
- By mischance the second not was omitted and gave the impression that the inhabitants of Pakistan were delighted with their meagre rations.
- Death by disease, death by mischance, death by accident or indifference - these were part and parcel of life, but never impacted on my day-to-day life.
- But the youngest said, ‘I don't know why it is, but while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.’
- By dramatic mischance, two days after agreeing he was abruptly removed from his post in unexplained circumstances.
- He added: ‘Another aggravating factor is that I cannot accept, indeed I am not certain I am even invited to, that it is by mere mischance that you picked upon an elderly person.’
- This dictum makes a crucial distinction between the work that time or mischance has made a fragment, and the work composed as fragment.
- His offended love, and Malvolio's humiliated suffering, are reminders of the harm done by mistake, mischance, drink, thoughtlessness and unkindness.
- Even trolls will only venture through there at great need, though I have never heard of any great danger or mischance occurring there.
- To date, the inventors of the voting systems and the jurisdictions now eager to adopt them have resisted calls for paper backup - without which opportunities for either mischief or mischance abound.
- These are the folks who, either by accident of birth or mischance, are sufficiently different from the rest of us to attract attention.
- She lets him secretly witness her mistress transform herself into an owl; but when Lucius tries the spell on himself, by some calamitous mischance he is changed into an ass.
- ‘Rob,’ I called, attempting to tap him on the shoulder, but by mischance hitting him on the head with the paddle still clasped in my hand.
- This is not entirely mischance, for if in the sixties the focus remained in the south, determined by the shadow of the past, in the fifties it moved decisively north.
Synonyms
accident, misfortune, mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, setback, failure, disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, reversal, upset, blow, debacle
bad luck, ill fortune
1. 1.1count noun An unlucky occurrence.
  不幸事件，倒霉事
  innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise
  无数的倒霉事可能毁了这一企业。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you want to take a very Christian view of it, our founder was nailed to a cross, and while that's not necessarily the inevitable end of the do-gooder, it's a fairly good example of if you like the mischances of life.
  A thousand different accidents and mischances could happen to divert me on the way.
  Should there be a mischance resulting in a Kerry administration, indiscretions will not be allowed to count.
  Despite the subsequent labours of his brother Peter on his behalf, his reputation never fully recovered from this mischance.
  As he points out, the abnormalities we see here are not the result of heredity or some other mischance.
  The future Empress first gains access to the Blazing World by way of the romance trope of abduction, which, in this case, is a fortunate mischance.
  When the Warden of the Houses of Healing in Gondor laments to Lady Eowyn that ‘the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them,’ Eowyn responds tartly: ‘It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two.’
  When I came back to thinking about horseracing 30 years later, it was by means of a horse who had avoided all those tragic mischances.
  Learning upon a mischance that I am a direct descendent of the line of Syed Shah Abd'al Razzak Banswi, she would always kiss my hands and touch them to her eyes in a salute upon visiting.
  Further machinations of the Duke prevent this mischance.
  Synonyms
  disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation

Origin

Middle English: from Old French mescheance, from the verb mescheoir, from mes- 'adversely' + cheoir 'befall'.

Rhymes

advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, lance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance

Definition of mischance in US English:

mischance

nounmɪsˈtʃænsmisˈCHans

1Bad luck.
厄运，坏运气；不幸
by pure mischance the secret was revealed
纯属运气不佳机密泄漏了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Even trolls will only venture through there at great need, though I have never heard of any great danger or mischance occurring there.
- This is not entirely mischance, for if in the sixties the focus remained in the south, determined by the shadow of the past, in the fifties it moved decisively north.
- And it's about the huge swathes of sin and ignorance and mischance that shadow even our best attempts at truth and right action.
- And if by mischance we misjudge it and present a flat hand to the other's fist we make nothing of the advantage or pretend that it hasn't happened, scrap that game and start again.
- By dramatic mischance, two days after agreeing he was abruptly removed from his post in unexplained circumstances.
- His rise coincides with Tom's life falling apart - his wife leaves him, and by mischance he becomes prime suspect in a horrific crime - and their stories intersect.
- His offended love, and Malvolio's humiliated suffering, are reminders of the harm done by mistake, mischance, drink, thoughtlessness and unkindness.
- If, by dire mischance, a mishap occurs, we can forget this entire conversation.
- He is not liable for mischance, or misadventure.
- By the same token, organizations resort to sorcery to explain mischance.
- But the youngest said, ‘I don't know why it is, but while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.’
- Bravery, mischance, well-trained American units, poorly trained Iraqi units, superior coalition leadership, and superior technology are all part of the calculus that made up what appeared to the world as an easy 100-hour rout.
- By mischance the second not was omitted and gave the impression that the inhabitants of Pakistan were delighted with their meagre rations.
- He added: ‘Another aggravating factor is that I cannot accept, indeed I am not certain I am even invited to, that it is by mere mischance that you picked upon an elderly person.’
- To date, the inventors of the voting systems and the jurisdictions now eager to adopt them have resisted calls for paper backup - without which opportunities for either mischief or mischance abound.
- ‘Rob,’ I called, attempting to tap him on the shoulder, but by mischance hitting him on the head with the paddle still clasped in my hand.
- She lets him secretly witness her mistress transform herself into an owl; but when Lucius tries the spell on himself, by some calamitous mischance he is changed into an ass.
- Death by disease, death by mischance, death by accident or indifference - these were part and parcel of life, but never impacted on my day-to-day life.
- These are the folks who, either by accident of birth or mischance, are sufficiently different from the rest of us to attract attention.
- This dictum makes a crucial distinction between the work that time or mischance has made a fragment, and the work composed as fragment.
Synonyms
accident, misfortune, mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, setback, failure, disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, reversal, upset, blow, debacle
1. 1.1 An unlucky occurrence.
  不幸事件，倒霉事
  innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise
  无数的倒霉事可能毁了这一企业。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you want to take a very Christian view of it, our founder was nailed to a cross, and while that's not necessarily the inevitable end of the do-gooder, it's a fairly good example of if you like the mischances of life.
  Further machinations of the Duke prevent this mischance.
  As he points out, the abnormalities we see here are not the result of heredity or some other mischance.
  The future Empress first gains access to the Blazing World by way of the romance trope of abduction, which, in this case, is a fortunate mischance.
  Learning upon a mischance that I am a direct descendent of the line of Syed Shah Abd'al Razzak Banswi, she would always kiss my hands and touch them to her eyes in a salute upon visiting.
  Should there be a mischance resulting in a Kerry administration, indiscretions will not be allowed to count.
  Despite the subsequent labours of his brother Peter on his behalf, his reputation never fully recovered from this mischance.
  When I came back to thinking about horseracing 30 years later, it was by means of a horse who had avoided all those tragic mischances.
  When the Warden of the Houses of Healing in Gondor laments to Lady Eowyn that ‘the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them,’ Eowyn responds tartly: ‘It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two.’
  A thousand different accidents and mischances could happen to divert me on the way.
  Synonyms
  disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation

Origin

Middle English: from Old French mescheance, from the verb mescheoir, from mes- ‘adversely’ + cheoir ‘befall’.

词汇	mischance
释义	Definition of mischance in English: mischance noun mɪsˈtʃɑːnsmɪsˈtʃæns mass noun 1Bad luck. 厄运，坏运气；不幸 by pure mischance the secret was revealed 纯属运气不佳机密泄漏了。 Example sentencesExamples Bravery, mischance, well-trained American units, poorly trained Iraqi units, superior coalition leadership, and superior technology are all part of the calculus that made up what appeared to the world as an easy 100-hour rout. And if by mischance we misjudge it and present a flat hand to the other's fist we make nothing of the advantage or pretend that it hasn't happened, scrap that game and start again. His rise coincides with Tom's life falling apart - his wife leaves him, and by mischance he becomes prime suspect in a horrific crime - and their stories intersect. By the same token, organizations resort to sorcery to explain mischance. If, by dire mischance, a mishap occurs, we can forget this entire conversation. And it's about the huge swathes of sin and ignorance and mischance that shadow even our best attempts at truth and right action. He is not liable for mischance, or misadventure. By mischance the second not was omitted and gave the impression that the inhabitants of Pakistan were delighted with their meagre rations. Death by disease, death by mischance, death by accident or indifference - these were part and parcel of life, but never impacted on my day-to-day life. But the youngest said, ‘I don't know why it is, but while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.’ By dramatic mischance, two days after agreeing he was abruptly removed from his post in unexplained circumstances. He added: ‘Another aggravating factor is that I cannot accept, indeed I am not certain I am even invited to, that it is by mere mischance that you picked upon an elderly person.’ This dictum makes a crucial distinction between the work that time or mischance has made a fragment, and the work composed as fragment. His offended love, and Malvolio's humiliated suffering, are reminders of the harm done by mistake, mischance, drink, thoughtlessness and unkindness. Even trolls will only venture through there at great need, though I have never heard of any great danger or mischance occurring there. To date, the inventors of the voting systems and the jurisdictions now eager to adopt them have resisted calls for paper backup - without which opportunities for either mischief or mischance abound. These are the folks who, either by accident of birth or mischance, are sufficiently different from the rest of us to attract attention. She lets him secretly witness her mistress transform herself into an owl; but when Lucius tries the spell on himself, by some calamitous mischance he is changed into an ass. ‘Rob,’ I called, attempting to tap him on the shoulder, but by mischance hitting him on the head with the paddle still clasped in my hand. This is not entirely mischance, for if in the sixties the focus remained in the south, determined by the shadow of the past, in the fifties it moved decisively north. Synonyms accident, misfortune, mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, setback, failure, disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, reversal, upset, blow, debacle bad luck, ill fortune 1.1count noun An unlucky occurrence. 不幸事件，倒霉事 innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise 无数的倒霉事可能毁了这一企业。 Example sentencesExamples If you want to take a very Christian view of it, our founder was nailed to a cross, and while that's not necessarily the inevitable end of the do-gooder, it's a fairly good example of if you like the mischances of life. A thousand different accidents and mischances could happen to divert me on the way. Should there be a mischance resulting in a Kerry administration, indiscretions will not be allowed to count. Despite the subsequent labours of his brother Peter on his behalf, his reputation never fully recovered from this mischance. As he points out, the abnormalities we see here are not the result of heredity or some other mischance. The future Empress first gains access to the Blazing World by way of the romance trope of abduction, which, in this case, is a fortunate mischance. When the Warden of the Houses of Healing in Gondor laments to Lady Eowyn that ‘the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them,’ Eowyn responds tartly: ‘It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two.’ When I came back to thinking about horseracing 30 years later, it was by means of a horse who had avoided all those tragic mischances. Learning upon a mischance that I am a direct descendent of the line of Syed Shah Abd'al Razzak Banswi, she would always kiss my hands and touch them to her eyes in a salute upon visiting. Further machinations of the Duke prevent this mischance. Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation Origin Middle English: from Old French mescheance, from the verb mescheoir, from mes- 'adversely' + cheoir 'befall'. Rhymes advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, lance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance Definition of mischance in US English: mischance nounmɪsˈtʃænsmisˈCHans 1Bad luck. 厄运，坏运气；不幸 by pure mischance the secret was revealed 纯属运气不佳机密泄漏了。 Example sentencesExamples Even trolls will only venture through there at great need, though I have never heard of any great danger or mischance occurring there. This is not entirely mischance, for if in the sixties the focus remained in the south, determined by the shadow of the past, in the fifties it moved decisively north. And it's about the huge swathes of sin and ignorance and mischance that shadow even our best attempts at truth and right action. And if by mischance we misjudge it and present a flat hand to the other's fist we make nothing of the advantage or pretend that it hasn't happened, scrap that game and start again. By dramatic mischance, two days after agreeing he was abruptly removed from his post in unexplained circumstances. His rise coincides with Tom's life falling apart - his wife leaves him, and by mischance he becomes prime suspect in a horrific crime - and their stories intersect. His offended love, and Malvolio's humiliated suffering, are reminders of the harm done by mistake, mischance, drink, thoughtlessness and unkindness. If, by dire mischance, a mishap occurs, we can forget this entire conversation. He is not liable for mischance, or misadventure. By the same token, organizations resort to sorcery to explain mischance. But the youngest said, ‘I don't know why it is, but while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.’ Bravery, mischance, well-trained American units, poorly trained Iraqi units, superior coalition leadership, and superior technology are all part of the calculus that made up what appeared to the world as an easy 100-hour rout. By mischance the second not was omitted and gave the impression that the inhabitants of Pakistan were delighted with their meagre rations. He added: ‘Another aggravating factor is that I cannot accept, indeed I am not certain I am even invited to, that it is by mere mischance that you picked upon an elderly person.’ To date, the inventors of the voting systems and the jurisdictions now eager to adopt them have resisted calls for paper backup - without which opportunities for either mischief or mischance abound. ‘Rob,’ I called, attempting to tap him on the shoulder, but by mischance hitting him on the head with the paddle still clasped in my hand. She lets him secretly witness her mistress transform herself into an owl; but when Lucius tries the spell on himself, by some calamitous mischance he is changed into an ass. Death by disease, death by mischance, death by accident or indifference - these were part and parcel of life, but never impacted on my day-to-day life. These are the folks who, either by accident of birth or mischance, are sufficiently different from the rest of us to attract attention. This dictum makes a crucial distinction between the work that time or mischance has made a fragment, and the work composed as fragment. Synonyms accident, misfortune, mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, setback, failure, disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, reversal, upset, blow, debacle 1.1 An unlucky occurrence. 不幸事件，倒霉事 innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise 无数的倒霉事可能毁了这一企业。 Example sentencesExamples If you want to take a very Christian view of it, our founder was nailed to a cross, and while that's not necessarily the inevitable end of the do-gooder, it's a fairly good example of if you like the mischances of life. Further machinations of the Duke prevent this mischance. As he points out, the abnormalities we see here are not the result of heredity or some other mischance. The future Empress first gains access to the Blazing World by way of the romance trope of abduction, which, in this case, is a fortunate mischance. Learning upon a mischance that I am a direct descendent of the line of Syed Shah Abd'al Razzak Banswi, she would always kiss my hands and touch them to her eyes in a salute upon visiting. Should there be a mischance resulting in a Kerry administration, indiscretions will not be allowed to count. Despite the subsequent labours of his brother Peter on his behalf, his reputation never fully recovered from this mischance. When I came back to thinking about horseracing 30 years later, it was by means of a horse who had avoided all those tragic mischances. When the Warden of the Houses of Healing in Gondor laments to Lady Eowyn that ‘the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them,’ Eowyn responds tartly: ‘It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two.’ A thousand different accidents and mischances could happen to divert me on the way. Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of god, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation Origin Middle English: from Old French mescheance, from the verb mescheoir, from mes- ‘adversely’ + cheoir ‘befall’.
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