vicissitudes of fortuneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Japan has attained her present greatness after passing through various vicissitudes of fortune.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

日本は幾多の消長を経て今日あるを得た - 斎藤和英大辞典

When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.例文帳に追加

幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。 - Tatoeba例文