プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
すうき【数奇】
❶〔不運〕
彼女は数奇な生涯を送った
She led a very 「miserable existence [unhappy life].
❷〔運命が激しく変化すること〕
彼の数奇な経歴はまさに一編の小説だ
The 「ups and downs [vicissitudes] of his life [career] are just like something out of a novel.
あの人は数奇な運命にもてあそばれた
He was made terrible sport of by Fortune.／He had quite a checkered life.／《口》 He was kicked around by Fortune.