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。

Hard luck! We all thought you were going to win.
真不走运！我们都觉得你会赢的。
Who can resist a kid with a hard luck story?
谁能拒绝一个有着倒霉往事的小孩？
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。
Hard luck, squire.
运气真差，先生。
Tempting as it is for us who were born earlier to shrug our shoulders and say hard luck to the 80s generation, we are not immune from their woes.
尽管这很容易诱使我们这些较早出生的人耸耸肩，对80年代生人说运气不好，但我们不可能不受他们问题的影响。
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。
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。
It's hard luck on him that he wasn't chosen.
他未被选中真是不幸。
Have you the backbone to overcome the hard luck?
你有没有勇气战胜厄运？
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。