hard luck

柯林斯詞典

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)厄運(yùn); 倒霉[非正式]
We had a bit of hard luck this season. 我們本季有點(diǎn)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)壞運(yùn)氣; 不幸[非正式] [poss N]
If the forces of law had not uncovered Stein in the seven-year interval that was their hard luck. 要是執(zhí)法機(jī)關(guān)沒(méi)有在那七年的期限里抓到斯坦，那只能算他們不幸了。
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; 真不走運(yùn)[非正式]
Hard luck, but don't despair too much. 真不走運(yùn)，但也別太失望。
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]
...a hard-luck story in which he or she is the victim. ...一個(gè)他或她是受害人的不幸故事。