hard luck

英 [hɑːd lʌk]

美 [hɑːrd lʌk]

conv. (表示同情)真不幸，真不走运
n. (非自身过错造成的)坏运气，噩运; (自身过错造成的)不幸，不走运

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT （非自身造成的）坏运气，噩运
If you say that someone had somehard luck, or that a situation washard luck onthem, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
1. We had a bit of hard luck this season...
  我们本季运气不太好。
2. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
  他可真倒霉，不是吗？
N-UNCOUNT （自身造成的）不幸;不走运
If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just yourhard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault.
1. The shop assistants didn't really want to discuss the matter, saying it was just my hard luck.
  店员根本不想谈论此事，说这完全是我运气太差。
CONVENTION （表示同情）真不幸，真不走运
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.
1. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.
  真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。

That's figuring no hard luck on the trail, of course.
当然这还不算上路上碰上什么倒霉事。
Hard luck and misfortune had followed Horace all his life.
命运不佳和不幸伴随霍勒斯的一生。
He decided not to comment beyond saying that it was jolly hard luck on me.
除了说我运气太坏之外，他决定不再说什么。
No, he just called in sick. It was very hard luck ( on you) to get ill on your holiday.
没有，他打电话来请病假。（你）假期得病真倒霉。
The shop assistants didn't really want to discuss the matter, saying it was just my hard luck.
店员根本不想谈论此事，说这完全是我运气太差。
It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?
他可真倒霉，不是吗？
Hard luck! We all thought you were going to win.
真不走运！我们都觉得你会赢的。
It's hard luck on him that he wasn't chosen.
他未被选中真是不幸。
They live to think of themselves as tough-minded business men, yet they are push-overs for any hard luck story.
他们向来把自己想成硬心肠的商人，可是任何不幸的故事都会使他们受骗。
My brother had hard luck in the snooker tournament; he came within an inch of winning the cup. Students who are fa ing behind their peers at mi le school may not necessarily lag behind them at co ege.
我兄弟在落袋撞球锦标赛中真倒霉，差一点儿就赢得了大奖杯。在中学落后于同班同学的学生到了大学就不一定比其他同学差。