hard luck

英 [hɑːd lʌk]

美 [hɑːrd lʌk]

conv.  (表示同情)真不幸，真不走运
n.  (非自身过错造成的)坏运气，噩运; (自身过错造成的)不幸，不走运

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （非自身造成的）坏运气，噩运
  If you say that someone had somehard luck, or that a situation washard luck onthem, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
  1. We had a bit of hard luck this season...
     我们本季运气不太好。
  2. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
     他可真倒霉，不是吗？
• N-UNCOUNT （自身造成的）不幸;不走运
  If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just yourhard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
  1. The shop assistants didn't really want to discuss the matter, saying it was just my hard luck.
     店员根本不想谈论此事，说这完全是我运气太差。
• CONVENTION （表示同情）真不幸，真不走运
  You can say 'hard luck' to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
  1. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
     真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。

双语例句

• Who can resist a kid with a hard luck story?
  谁能拒绝一个有着倒霉往事的小孩？
• It was hard luck that she had lost her job.
  真是不走运，她失去了她的工作。
• He decided not to comment beyond saying that it was jolly hard luck on me.
  除了说我运气太坏之外，他决定不再说什么。
• Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
  真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。
• They penalized me for not having some hard luck story.
  他们以我没有困难的幸运故事来惩罚我。
• The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
  战胜倒霉的独一方式便是尽力农做。
• Hard luck! You came within striking distance of beating the record.
  真倒霉！你眼看就要打破纪录了。
• Rick told me it was hard luck he had aimed too high.
  里克告诉我他目标定的太高是件倒霉的事。
• Before she could land another job, hard luck threw a wrench into her plans.
  她尚未找到另一个工作，厄运便把她的计划完全破坏了。
• We had a bit of hard luck this season
  我们本季运气不太好。