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unfortunate

英 [ʌn'fɔːtʃ(ə)nət] 美[ʌn'fɔrtʃənət]

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近义词unlucky

反义词fortunate

adj. 不幸的；令人遗憾的；不成功的

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词态变化

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。