单词 | unfortunate |
释义 | unfortunateunfortunateunfortunate /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət $ -ˈfɔːr-/ adjective1not lucky: The teacher was yelling at some unfortunate student.beyell 老师正对着一个倒霉的学生吼叫。an unfortunate accident 一件不幸的事故2used to say that you wish something had not happened or was not trueit is unfortunate (that)It is unfortunate that so few people seem willing to help.bewill 很遗憾﹐愿意帮助的人寥寥无几。It’s most unfortunate (=very unfortunate) that your father can’t be here.你父亲不能来真是太遗憾了。THESAURUS: unfortunateunlucky if someone is unlucky, they have bad luck. If something is unlucky, people think it makes you have bad luck: Matthews played well and was unlucky not to score.playbeSailors believed that it was unlucky to have a woman on the ship.sailorbelievebeunfortunate unlucky because something bad happens to you that you do not deserve. Unfortunate sounds more formal than unlucky: One unfortunate man lost all his money.losebe/bring bad luck if something is bad luck or brings bad luck, people think it makes you have bad luck: It’s supposed to be bad luck to walk under a ladder.supposeCrows were thought to bring bad luck.crowbethinkjinxed if something is jinxed, it seems to bring bad luck to everyone who is connected with it. If a person is jinxed, a lot of bad things happen to them and they seem very unlucky: This place is jinxed!bejinxI began to think I was jinxed.beginbejinx |
随便看 |
BTSKY英语在线翻译词典收录了21184条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。