命运的捉弄 meaning in Chinese
the irony of fate
valerie pinkston - trick of fate
Examples
- By a quirk of fate they have booked into the same hotel
由于命运的捉弄，他们住进同一家旅馆。 - If fortune drive the master forth an outcast in the world , freindless and homeless , the faith dog asks no highter pribilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger , to fight against his enemy ; and when the last senne of all comes , and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away , there by his graveside will the noble dog be found , his head between his paws , his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness , faithful and true , even to death
假若因命运的捉弄,他的主人变成了一个无家可归的流浪者,这只忠诚的狗也依然会陪伴主人,和他一起度过难关,抵抗敌人,此外他别无他求,当万物共同的结局来临,死神夺去主人的生命,尸体埋葬在寒冷的地下时,纵使所有的亲友都各奔前程,而这只高贵的狗却会独自守卫在主人的墓旁.他仰首于两足之间,眼里虽然充满悲伤,却仍机警地守护着赤诚,忠贞不渝,直至死亡 - Somewhere and the fictitious addressee of the missive which made him nourish some suspicions of our friend s bona fides , nevertheless it reminded him in a way of a longcherished plan he meant to one day realise some wednesday or saturday of travelling to london via long sea not to say that he had ever travelled extensively to any great extent but he was at heart a born adventurer though by a trick of fate he had consistently remained a landlubber except you call going to holyhead which was his longest
然而看了这张明信片，他便不知怎地想起了在心里酝酿了好久迟早打算实现的一个计划：星期三或星期六乘船远航到伦敦。尽管他从未远游过，骨子里却是个冒险家只是由于命运的捉弄，迄今没出过海-除非你把霍利黑德72之行也算作航海的话。那是他生平最远的一次旅行了。