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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's your hard luck.
  那是你不走运嘛。
• 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。
• He decided not to comment beyond saying that it was jolly hard luck on me.
  除了说我运气太坏之外，他决定不再说什么。
• Becky snatched at the book to close it, and had the hard luck to tear the pictured page half down the middle.
  贝基一把抓起书想把它合上，可是不幸拦腰把那张图撕了一半。
• 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。
• It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
  他可真倒霉，不是吗？