命运的牺牲品

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新世纪英汉大词典

to be the victim of circumstance 成为命运的牺牲品
» Is Oedipus a hero or a victim of circumstance? 俄狄浦斯是个英雄还是命运的牺牲品？

柯林斯 COBUILD 高阶英汉双解学习词典

circumstance
Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance . 命运;机缘;客观环境
» There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless… 您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
» You might say that we’ve been victims of circumstance. 你可以说我们一直不走运吧。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第 8 版）

circumstance
(formal) situations and events that affect and influence your life and that are not in your control 命运；客观环境
» a victim of circumstance (= a person who has suffered because of a situation that they cannot control) 客观环境的牺牲品
» He had to leave the country through force of circumstance (= events made it necessary). 为势所迫，他不得不离开这个国家。

朗文当代高级英语辞典（英英·英汉双解）（第 4 版）

circumstance
formal the combination of facts, events etc that influence your life, and that you cannot control 命运; 客观环境; 境遇:
» He was a victim of circumstance . 他是客观环境的牺牲品。

牛津•外研社英汉汉英词典

» a victim of circumstance　客观环境的牺牲品

牛津、朗文把 a victim of circumstance 译作“客观环境的牺牲品”，读起来怪怪的。

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