hard luck (also hard-luck)

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault. (非自身原因造成的)厄运; 倒霉 [非正式]

  例：

  We had a bit of hard luck this season.

  我们本季有点倒霉。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just your hard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault. (自身原因造成的)坏运气; 不幸 [非正式] [poss N]

  例：

  If the forces of law had not uncovered Stein in the seven-year interval that was their hard luck.

  要是执法机关没有在那七年的期限里抓到斯坦，那只能算他们不幸了。

• 3. 

  CONVENTION 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. (表示同情)真不幸; 真不走运 [非正式]

  例：

  Hard luck, but don't despair too much.

  真不走运，但也别太失望。

• 4. 

  ADJ A hard-luck story is an account of something bad that happened to someone, which was not their fault. (非自身原因造成的)不幸的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a hard-luck story in which he or she is the victim.

  ...一个他或她是受害人的不幸故事。