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

• Have you the backbone to overcome the hard luck?
  你有没有勇气战胜厄运？
• 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。
• 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。
• It was hard luck that she had lost her job.
  真是不走运，她失去了她的工作。
• That's your hard luck.
  那是你不走运嘛。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Well, hard luck, mate.
  唉，真不走运，哥儿们。
• The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
  战胜倒霉的独一方式便是尽力农做。