vicissitude

名词 vicissitude:

1. a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
2. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

1. He was battling against the vicissitudes of life.
   他在每况愈下的生活中奋斗。

vi.cis.si.tude

n.（名词）

A change or variation.
变化或变动
The quality of being changeable; mutability.
变化无常：作为可变化的性质；变动
Often vicissitudes One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one`s life, activities, or surroundings.See Synonyms at difficulty
常作 vicissitudes 变迁，盛衰：在人的一生中、活动中或者周围环境中会碰到的忽然或者想不到的变化或变迁参见 difficulty

来源：
Latin vicissitôdô
拉丁语 vicissitôdô
from vicissim [in turn]
源自 vicissim [按顺序]
probably from vicôs
可能源自 vicôs
pl. of *vix [change] * see weik- 2
*vix的复数 [变化] *参见 weik- 2