unfortunate
英 [ʌn'fɔːtʃ(ə)nət]
美 [ʌn'fɔrtʃənət]
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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