| 词汇 | Murphy's law |
| 释义 | Murphy's lawWord family adjectivelawfullawlesslawyerlylaw-abidinglawgivingadverblawfullylawlesslynounlawfulnesslawinglawlessnesslawyerlawbreakerlawbreakinglawcourtlawgiverlawmakerlawmanlawmongerlawsuitlawlawland Mur·phy’s law /ˌmɜːfiz ˈlɔː $ ˌmɜːrfiz ˈlɒː/ noun [uncountableU] informal especially American EnglishAmE RFa tendency for bad things to happen whenever it is possible for them to do so – used humorously 墨菲定律〔一种认为凡有可能出差错的事终将出差错的论断；幽默用法〕 SYN British English sod’s law Examples from the Corpus Murphy's law• I think a lot of readers will recognise your Murphy's Law Jean and may even have another name for it. (1900-2000) Edward Murphy (born 1917), U.S. engineer who first thought of it |
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