hard-luck story

Word family verbhardenadjectivehardenedhardishhard-and-fasthardbackedhard-bittenhard-boiledhard-earnedhard-foughthard-headedhard-heartedhard-hittinghardlinehardmouthedhardnosedhard-pressedhardshellhard-wearinghard-wiredhard-wonhardworkinghardnounhardenerhardeninghardnesshardshiphardbackhardbakehardballhardbeamhardboardhard copyhard corehard courthard currencyhard diskhard drivehardfacehardgrasshardhackhard hathardheadhard labourhard linehardlinerhard-luck storyhardpartshard rockhard sellhard shoulderhardtackhardtailhardtophardwarehardwaremanhardwood

ˌhard-ˈluck ˌstory noun (plural hard-luck stories) [countableC]

a story you tell someone about bad things that have happened to you, in order to get their sympathy or help 〔为博取别人的同情或帮助而倾诉的〕不幸遭遇

Examples from the Corpus

hard-luck story• Meeting anybody in Baghdad these days involves listening to a hard-luck story, most of which is likely to be true.

单词	hard-luck story
释义	hard-luck story Word family verbhardenadjectivehardenedhardishhard-and-fasthardbackedhard-bittenhard-boiledhard-earnedhard-foughthard-headedhard-heartedhard-hittinghardlinehardmouthedhardnosedhard-pressedhardshellhard-wearinghard-wiredhard-wonhardworkinghardnounhardenerhardeninghardnesshardshiphardbackhardbakehardballhardbeamhardboardhard copyhard corehard courthard currencyhard diskhard drivehardfacehardgrasshardhackhard hathardheadhard labourhard linehardlinerhard-luck storyhardpartshard rockhard sellhard shoulderhardtackhardtailhardtophardwarehardwaremanhardwood ˌhard-ˈluck ˌstory noun (plural hard-luck stories) [countableC] a story you tell someone about bad things that have happened to you, in order to get their sympathy or help 〔为博取别人的同情或帮助而倾诉的〕不幸遭遇 Examples from the Corpus hard-luck story• Meeting anybody in Baghdad these days involves listening to a hard-luck story, most of which is likely to be true.
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