miscarry
动词 v.
英 /ˌmɪsˈkæɹi/
美 /ˌmɪsˈkæɹi/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
- To go astray; to do something wrong.
- To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
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To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
— So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]
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Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.
— Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.
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词源
From Middle English miscarien. By surface analysis, mis- + carry.
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