| 单词 | hard luck |
| 释义 | hard luckhard luck 1 a) British EnglishBrE spoken used to tell someone that you feel sorry for them because they have not succeeded in what they were trying to do 真不幸，真倒霉〔对别人表示同情〕 ‘I failed my driving test.’ ‘Oh, hard luck!’ “我没通过驾照考试。”“唉，你真倒霉！” b) when bad things happen to you that are not your fault 不幸的遭遇 You’ve had your share of hard luck. 你已经走过背运了。 hard luck on It was hard luck on you. 你真不幸。 c) spoken (also hard cheese British EnglishBrE) used to say that you do not care if someone is having problems, does not like something etc 真不幸，真倒霉〔反话〕 If you don’t like the idea then hard luck! 如果你不喜欢这个主意，那抱歉啦！ Examples from the Corpus hard luck• Can't have that, can we, not on top of all your other hard luck.• Either the union is strong enough and can stand it, or it can t, and hard luck.• If you don't like it then hard luck!• If you don't then like the package, or find it doesn't fulfil one of your requirements, hard luck.• Whether it was the rent or just hard luck, many businesses at the mall also cleared out.• There's the same familiar chords, beefed-up arrangements and hard luck stories, but not a lot of conviction.• Blown engines, driveshaft failures, the 1,500 mile long route is littered with hard luck stories.• Just one hard luck thing after another. → hard luck at hard1(8) 2 British EnglishBrE spokenSYMPATHIZE used to express sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to someone 真不幸〔用于表示同情〕 → tough luck at tough1(7) Examples from the Corpus bad/hard/tough luck• Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.• I kept looking into the mirror and hating my bad luck, but there they were.• He felt that this little piece of bad luck might affect his whole day.• Can't have that, can we, not on top of all your other hard luck.• There were lots of near misses: some great saves from both keepers, and sheer bad luck.• You go up there with the wrong attitude and come out with worse luck than you had before. → bad/hard/tough luck at luck1(18) |
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