hard luck

英 [hɑːd lʌk]

美 [hɑːrd lʌk]

conv.  (表示同情)真不幸，真不走运
n.  (非自身过错造成的)坏运气，噩运; (自身过错造成的)不幸，不走运

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （非自身造成的）坏运气，噩运
  If you say that someone had somehard luck, or that a situation washard luck onthem, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
  1. We had a bit of hard luck this season...
     我们本季运气不太好。
  2. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
     他可真倒霉，不是吗？
• N-UNCOUNT （自身造成的）不幸;不走运
  If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just yourhard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
  1. The shop assistants didn't really want to discuss the matter, saying it was just my hard luck.
     店员根本不想谈论此事，说这完全是我运气太差。
• CONVENTION （表示同情）真不幸，真不走运
  You can say 'hard luck' to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
  1. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
     真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。

双语例句

• Who can resist a kid with a hard luck story?
  谁能拒绝一个有着倒霉往事的小孩？
• It was hard luck that she had lost her job.
  真是不走运，她失去了她的工作。
• They all tell you some hard luck story about how this program changed their life.
  他们都告诉你一些倒霉天子这一计划改变了他们的生活。
• Hard luck! You came within striking distance of beating the record.
  真倒霉！你眼看就要打破纪录了。
• It's hard luck on him that he wasn't chosen.
  他未被选中真是不幸。
• No, he just called in sick. It was very hard luck ( on you) to get ill on your holiday.
  没有，他打电话来请病假。（你）假期得病真倒霉。
• Rick told me it was hard luck he had aimed too high.
  里克告诉我他目标定的太高是件倒霉的事。
• Hard luck and misfortune had followed Horace all his life.
  命运不佳和不幸伴随霍勒斯的一生。
• Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
  真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。
• That's figuring no hard luck on the trail, of course.
  当然这还不算上路上碰上什么倒霉事。