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

• Hard luck, squire.
  运气真差，先生。
• It was very hard luck ( on you) to get ill on your holiday.
  （你）假期得病真倒霉。
• Before she could land another job, hard luck threw a wrench into her plans.
  她尚未找到另一个工作，厄运便把她的计划完全破坏了。
• 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。
• They penalized me for not having some hard luck story.
  他们以我没有困难的幸运故事来惩罚我。
• 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。
• Hard luck! You came within striking distance of beating the record.
  真倒霉！你眼看就要打破纪录了。
• We had a bit of hard luck this season
  我们本季运气不太好。
• 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？
• 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。