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Mischance is bad luck, or a bad situation that comes from bad luck — not from a plan, and not really from someone’s fault. It is old-fashioned and a little literary. Everyday English uses bad luck, accident, or mishap. You might meet it in older stories, often in the set shape “by mischance.” It is not a word, and it is not the same as mischief, which is naughty trouble someone causes on purpose. Though actually, a verb exists in old writing (“to mischance”), but almost nobody uses it now; the noun is the one you will see.
不幸、厄運（偏書面、舊）
組成From Anglo-Norman / Old French meschance: mes- (bad) + chance (luck).
同家族的字
- chanceluck, what happens; mischance is luck gone badly
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mischancenoun/mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
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Bad luck, misfortune.
- But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
- I write gaily enough, for there is no use in bewailing such a hopeless mischance.
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A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
- He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]
mischanceverb/mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
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To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。