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unfortunate

英 [ʌn'fɔːtʃ(ə)nət]美[ʌn'fɔrtʃənət]
  • adj. 不幸的;令人遗憾的;不成功的

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复数: unfortunates;比较级: more unfortunate;最高级: most unfortunate;

英文词源


unfortunate (adj.)
mid-15c., "unlucky," from un- (1) "not" + fortunate (adj.). Infortunate in same sense is from late 14c. (along with a verb infortune "to render unhappy"). In late 18c.-early 19c., unfortunate woman was a polite way to say "prostitute." The noun meaning "one who is not fortunate" is recorded from 1630s.

双语例句


1. Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.
由于发生了不幸的意外,我知道消息的时候已经晚了一天。

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2. Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people.
每年我们都有慈善日来筹款帮助贫困人群。

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3. It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now.
刚才竟发生这样的事儿,实在是太不合时宜了。

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4. Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured.
从下面经过的倒霉蛋儿很容易受重伤。

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5. By an unfortunate oversight, full instructions do not come with the product.
由于一个不幸的疏忽,产品未能附上完整的说明。

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