ad・ver・si・ty /dvsi, d- ｜ dvsti/ n. 1 逆境, 苦難, 不運 (hardship) (⇒misfortune SYN). ・in times of adversity 逆境のときに. ・suffer [meet with, know] adversity 悲運を経験する[に見舞われる]. ・struggle with adversity 逆境と戦う. 2 [しばしば pl.] 災難, 苦難の経験 (trial). ・the successes and adversities of this life 人生の浮き沈み. ・Sweet are the uses of adversity. 艱難(_かんなん)の功徳(_くどく)大なるかな (Shak., As Y L 2. 1. 12). 《?a1200》 (O)F adversit L adversittem opposition: ⇒adverse, -ity