misadventure 音標拼音: [mɪsədv'ɛntʃɚ]
n . 運氣不佳的遭遇
運氣不佳的遭遇
misadventure n 1 :
an instance of misfortune [
synonym : {
mishap }, {
misadventure },
{
mischance }]
Misadventure \
Mis `
ad *
ven "
ture \ (?;
135 ),
n . [
OE .
mesaventure ,
F .
m ['
e ]
saventure .]
Mischance ;
misfortune ;
ill luck ;
unlucky accident ;
ill adventure . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Homicide by misadventure } (
Law ),
homicide which occurs when a man ,
doing a lawful act ,
without any intention of injury ,
unfortunately kills another ; --
called also {
excusable homicide }.
See {
Homicide }. --
Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Mischance ;
mishap ;
misfortune ;
disaster ;
calamity .
[
1913 Webster ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
misadventure ":
accident ,
blow ,
blunder ,
boner ,
bull ,
calamity ,
casualty ,
cataclysm ,
catastrophe ,
collision ,
contretemps ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
disaster ,
error ,
faux pas ,
grief ,
howler ,
ill hap ,
lapse ,
mischance ,
misfortune ,
mishap ,
nasty blow ,
pileup ,
shipwreck ,
shock ,
slip ,
smash ,
smashup ,
staggering blow ,
tragedy ,
wreck MISADVENTURE ,
crim .
law ,
torts .
An accident by which an injury occurs to another .
2 .
When applied to homicide ,
misadventure is the act of a man who ,
in the performance of a lawful act ,
without any intention to do harm ,
and after using proper precaution to prevent danger ,
unfortunately kills another person .
The act upon which the death ensues ,
must be neither malum in se ,
nor malum prohibitum .
The usual examples under this head are ,
1 .
When the death ensues from innocent recreations .
2 .
From moderate and lawful correction (
q .
v .)
in foro domestico .
3 .
From acts lawful and indifferent in themselves ,
done with proper and ordinary caution .
4 Bl .
Com .
182 ;
1 East ,
P C .
221 .
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