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

• It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
  他可真倒霉，不是吗？
• 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？
• They live to think of themselves as tough-minded business men, yet they are push-overs for any hard luck story.
  他们向来把自己想成硬心肠的商人，可是任何不幸的故事都会使他们受骗。
• 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! I'm afraid you haven't won this time, jim.
  运气不好呀，吉姆，恐怕你这次没赢吧。
• 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! We all thought you were going to win.
  真不走运！我们都觉得你会赢的。
• You failed your driving test? Hard luck!
  你驾驶证考试没通过？真没运气！
• It's hard luck on those who were beaten in the first round of the competition.
  那些在第一轮比赛中就遭到失败的人真是倒霉。
• 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。