unfortunate
英 [?n'f??t?(?)n?t]
美[?n'f?rt??n?t]
- adj. 不幸的；令人遺憾的；不成功的
CET4TEM4CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?unfortunates;比較級(jí):?more unfortunate;最高級(jí):?most unfortunate;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.
- 由于發(fā)生了不幸的意外，我知道消息的時(shí)候已經(jīng)晚了一天。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people.
- 每年我們都有慈善日來(lái)籌款幫助貧困人群。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now.
- 剛才竟發(fā)生這樣的事兒，實(shí)在是太不合時(shí)宜了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured.
- 從下面經(jīng)過(guò)的倒霉蛋兒很容易受重傷。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. By an unfortunate oversight, full instructions do not come with the product.
- 由于一個(gè)不幸的疏忽，產(chǎn)品未能附上完整的說(shuō)明。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句