mishaps
事故
解説 Definition
mishaps は mishap（小さな事故、災難）の複数形です。大事故というより、予期しない失敗やちょっとした不運な出来事を指すことが多い語です。
Unexpected unlucky events or minor accidents that cause inconvenience, delay, damage, or failure. As the plural of mishap, the word usually suggests relatively limited problems rather than major disasters, although the seriousness depends on context.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 mishap「小さな事故、不運な出来事」に複数の -s を付けた形で、語尾は /s/ と発音します。mis-「悪く」＋ hap「運・偶然」と分けると、「悪い巡り合わせから起きた出来事」という核が見えます。minor mishaps や a few mishaps のように、大惨事ではなく旅行や作業を乱す小さな事故・失敗を思い浮かべましょう。
Mishaps is the plural of mishap, and its final s is pronounced /s/. Divide the singular into mis-, suggesting something wrong or unfortunate, and hap, an old word connected with chance or fortune. This gives the useful core image of unlucky events that disrupt a plan. Think of several minor mishaps delaying a school trip: a missing tool, a wrong turn, or a small equipment failure. Common phrases include minor mishaps, a few mishaps, and avoid mishaps. The word usually sounds less severe than disasters and often covers inconvenient accidents, mistakes, or bits of bad luck.
例文
Several minor mishaps delayed the school trip.
いくつかの小さなトラブルで、学校の遠足は遅れました。
The team prepared extra tools to avoid mishaps during the repair.
チームは修理中の事故を避けるため、予備の工具を用意しました。
Despite a few mishaps, the outdoor concert ended successfully.
いくつかのハプニングはありましたが、野外コンサートは無事に終わりました。
mishaps の類義語・関連語
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mishaps の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞「mis-（悪く）」と古ノルド語由来の「hap（運）」から成り、文字通り「悪運」を意味します。不運な出来事が転じて、予期せぬ小さな「事故」を表すようになりました。同じ語根を持つ単語に「happen（起こる）」や「happy（幸せな）」があります。
Mishaps is the regular plural of mishap. The singular combines mis-, meaning “badly” or “wrongly,” with hap, an older noun meaning chance, fortune, or what befalls someone. Hap came into English from Old Norse happ, “good luck” or “chance.” Mishap therefore originally conveyed bad fortune and developed into a term for an unlucky accident or unfortunate event. Happen and happy are historically related through the same hap element.
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