vicissitude
/vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd/noun
(一般作vicissitudes)
1- a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant（尤指不受欢迎或不愉快的）世事变化, 变迁：
her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune.
她丈夫财富的急剧变化。
1.1
- mass noun poetic/literary alternation between opposite or contrasting things〈诗/文〉（对立事物之间）变更; 交替：
the vicissitude of the seasons.
四季的交替。
派生词
vicissitudinous
/vɪˌsɪsɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ adjective词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'alternation'）： from French， or from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim 'by turns'， from vic- 'turn， change'.