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luck /lʌk/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr. I n. 1. 运气,命运 have good luck 运气好 It was hard luck that Alice had lost her job. 真是不幸,艾丽斯失业了。 We had the worst sort of luck with the weather last year. 去年我们运气坏透,碰上了极糟的天气。 2. 好运;幸运;侥幸 My luck's in (out). 我运道很好 (不好)。 A stroke of luck has fallen to him. 他交上了好运。 He had no luck finding work. 他找工作不走运。 That she's still alive is sheer luck. 她还活着,这完全是侥幸。 3. 带来好运的东西;吉祥物
II 〈美口〉 ❶ vi. 1. 逢凶化吉;靠运气 (out) I was sure I was going to miss the train; but I lucked out, the train was five minutes late. 我想我肯定赶不上火车了;可是运气挺好,火车晚点了5分钟。 Damned if I didn't luck out. 要是我不走运,那才真见鬼了! 2. 凑巧碰上;偶尔发现 (in,into,on,onto) Finally we went to the Azores, because we lucked into a cheap freighter voyage. 最后我们去了亚速尔群岛,因为我们凑巧搭上了费用便宜的货船。 luck onto a vein of gold 不期然发现金矿 ❷ vt. [后接 it] 碰运气做成 luck it through 靠运气干成 [< MD luc; 与 MHG gelücke 有关] phr. as luck would have it 1. 碰巧,真幸运 As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion occurred. 真幸运,发生爆炸时大楼里没有人。2. 碰得不巧,真倒霉 As luck would have it, there was rain on the day of the picnic. 真不凑巧,野餐那天下雨了。bad (或 tough, rotten) luck [用以表示同情]运气真不好, 〈口〉真倒霉 by good luck 凑巧,侥幸;幸亏 By good luck I was able to see him. 我凑巧能见到他。by ill luck 不巧;不幸 by the luck of Eden Hall 全仗好运; (得来) 全不费工夫 chance one's luck 〈英口〉冒险一试,试试运气 crowd (或 press, push) one's luck 〈口〉得寸进尺;贪心不足,想再交好运 If you're lucky at first, don't press your luck. 你如果一开头交上好运,那就不要贪心不足想再交好运。down on one's luck 不走运的 (地);因厄运而沮丧的 (地);穷困潦倒的 (地)His name was Martin, a student down on his luck. 他名叫马丁,是个不走运的学生。He asked me to lend him 20 dollars, because he was down on his luck. 他问我借20元,因为他手头拮据。for luck 为了讨吉利;为了祈求好运 in luck (或 in luck's way) 运气好 They are in great luck. 他们大交鸿运。just sb.'s luck 运气总是这样坏 It was just my luck! 唉,我又倒霉了! no such luck 〈口〉[用以表示失望]没这般运气 out of luck 运气不好;不凑巧 The forecast's not too good. You may be out of luck. 气象预报说近期天气不很好。你可能会碰上坏天气。ride one's luck 相信自己的好运 He now decided to try his luck in insurance. 他现在决定在保险业方面碰碰运气。with luck 如果一切顺利的话 The two volumes will, with luck, appear in English before long. 如果一切顺利的话,那两册书不久将出英文版。worse luck 〈口〉[用作插入语] 不幸,倒霉 We won't be able to get away this weekend, worse luck! 我们本周末走不成了,真倒霉! You never know your luck. 一个人说不准什么时候就会交好运。 |