unlucky
unlucky 英 [ʌnˈlʌki] 美 [ʌnˈlʌki]
adj. 不幸的；倒霉的；不吉利的
比较级:unluckier 最高级:unluckiest
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- adj. 不幸的；倒霉的；不吉利的
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1. He was very unlucky not to win.
他不幸输了。
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2. By some unlucky chance, her name was left off the list.
倒霉的是，名单上漏掉了她的名字。
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3. Some people think it's unlucky to walk under a ladder.
有些人认为从梯子下面走过不吉利。
- unlucky (adj.) 1520s, "marked by misfortune or failure," from un- (1) "not" + lucky (adj.). Similar formation in West Frisian unlokkich, Mliddle Low German unluckich. Sense of "boding ill" is recorded from 1540s; that of "having bad luck" is from 1550s; that of "bringing bad luck" is from 1580s. Related: Unluckily; unluckiness.
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