1 ADJ-GRADED [oft ADJ to-infinitive] 幸运的；走运的 You say that someone is lucky when they have something that is very desirable or when they are in a very desirable situation. 幸运的；走运的
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I am luckier than most. I have a job.
我比大部分人幸运。我有份工作。
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I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.
我认为自己是地球上最幸运的人。
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He is incredibly lucky to be alive.
他能活下来真是命大。
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Those who are lucky enough to be wealthy have a duty to give to the hungry.
有幸成了富人的人有义务捐助忍饥挨饿的人。
SYN fortunate, successful, favoured, charmed
2 ADJ-GRADED 有福气的；运气好的 Someone who is lucky seems to always have good luck. 有福气的；运气好的
3 ADJ-GRADED 侥幸的；凑巧的 If you describe an action or experience as lucky, you mean that it was good or successful, and that it happened by chance and not as a result of planning or preparation. 侥幸的；凑巧的
SYN fortuitous, timely, fortunate, auspicious
4 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 吉祥的；吉利的；带来（或预示）好运的 A lucky object is something that people believe helps them to be successful. 吉祥的；吉利的；带来（或预示）好运的
5 See also: happy-go-lucky
6 PHRASE 算走运；算幸运 If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that. 算走运；算幸运
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You'll be lucky if you get any breakfast.
你能吃到早饭就已经算幸运了。
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Those remaining in work will be lucky to get the smallest of pay increases.
那些仍在工作的人，有那么一点点儿加薪就要算是运气了。
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You'll be lucky to have change out of £750.
你的750英镑要是还有的剩就真是运气了。
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects, oft PHR to-inf/that] 值得庆幸；额手称庆；自认为幸运 If you say that someone can count themselves lucky, you mean that the situation they are in or the thing that has happened to them is better than it might have been or than they might have expected. 值得庆幸；额手称庆；自认为幸运
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She counted herself lucky to get a job in one of Edinburgh's department stores.
能在爱丁堡一家百货公司找到工作，她觉得自己很幸运。
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At the end of two days, you may count yourself lucky that you don't have to live here.
两天过后，你就会庆幸自己不用住在这里。
8 CONVENTION （表示轻微的妒忌或惊讶）幸运的家伙 You can use lucky in expressions such as 'Lucky you' and 'Lucky devil' when you are slightly jealous of someone else's good luck or success, or surprised at it. （表示轻微的妒忌或惊讶）幸运的家伙 [informal]
9 PHRASE 交好运；撞大运 If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck. 交好运；撞大运 [mainly British, informal]
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You may strike lucky and find a sympathetic and helpful clerk, but, there again, you might not.
走运的话，你可能赶上一位有同情心、乐于助人的职员。但话又说回来，你也可能没这运气。
10 PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE] 事不过三；第三次一定行 If you say that it is third time lucky for someone, you mean that they have tried to do a particular thing twice before and that this time they will succeed. 事不过三；第三次一定行
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I've had two runners-up medals with Monaco and AC Milan, but I hope it will be third time lucky and I get a winners' medal with Rangers.
我为摩纳哥队、AC米兰队效力时两次都只拿到了亚军，但是事不过三，我希望能为流浪者队拿下一个冠军。
11 to thank one's lucky stars→see: star
| Word Partnership | Use lucky with: |
| VERB. | be lucky, feel lucky, get lucky, lucky to get something, lucky to have something 1 |
| ADV. | lucky enough, pretty lucky, really lucky, so lucky, very lucky 1 |
| N. | lucky break, lucky guess 3 |
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