adversity
                    
      英 [ədˈvɜː.sə.ti]                            
                        美 [ədˈvɝː.sə.t̬i]                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                1、ad- "to" + vers- + -ity.
2、含义:turned toward, fronting, facing, turned against. => hostile, adverse, unfavorable.
3、命运之神始终跟你作对。特指面临、遭遇的是(不幸的)命运。特指对立、对手、敌人、敌对的是命运。
4、特指命运。            
                        
            
                
- adversity (n.)
- c. 1200, aduersite "misfortune, hardship, difficulty," from Old French aversité "adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice" (Modern French adversité), from Latin adversitatem (nominative adversitas) "opposition," from adversus (see adverse).
 
                
- 1. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.--John Churton 
- 得意时,朋友识我;失意时,我识朋友。
- 2. He showed courage in adversity. 
- 他在逆境中表现出了勇气。
- 3. courage in the face of adversity 
- 面对逆境的勇气
- 4. In time of adversity, those who do not desert you are real friends. 
- 在患难中不弃你而去的人才是真正的朋友.
- 5. When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up. 
- 面对逆境她从未想过放弃.