vi·cis·si·tude /vəˈsɪsəˌtud, vaɪ, ˌtjud/
變化,變遷,榮枯,盛衰
Vi·cis·si·tude n.
1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
God made two great lights . . .
To illuminate the earth and rule the day
In their vicissitude, and rule the night. --Milton.
2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. --Macaulay.
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vicissitude
n 1: a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times
in your life or in the development of something; "the
project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of
exploratory research"
2: mutability in life or nature (especially successive
alternation from one condition to another)