Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
misfortune
mis‧for‧tune /mɪsˈfɔːtʃən $ -ɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [Word Family: noun: ↑fortune, ↑misfortune, ↑unfortunate; adverb: ↑fortunately ≠ ↑unfortunately; adjective: ↑fortunate ≠ ↑unfortunate] very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck: It seems the banks always profit from farmers’ misfortunes. have the misfortune to do/of doing something The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire. • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ suffer misfortuneYou are not the only person to have suffered misfortune in your life. ▪ be dogged by misfortune (=have a lot of bad luck over a period of time)The project seemed dogged by misfortune. adjectives ▪ a great misfortuneEverything they owned was lost in the fire, which was a great misfortune. ▪ a terrible misfortuneAt that time, being thin was considered a terrible misfortune for women. phrases ▪ have the misfortune to do something/of doing somethingLast year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash. ▪ have ever had the misfortune to do/of doing (=used for emphasizing how bad something is)He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.