一、詞義辨析:


unhappy,unfortunate,unlucky,disastrous

這些形容詞均有“不幸的”之意。 unhappy多用于表示心理狀態(tài),指由于不滿意或遇到一般性倒霉事而感到不愉快。 unfortunate語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng),多指因命運(yùn)不佳,意外不幸或事業(yè)失敗、生活處于困境等而感到不幸。 unlucky指因缺少或一時(shí)無(wú)機(jī)遇,雖作了努力,但事不從心,感到失意。 disastrous著重不可避免和后果嚴(yán)重。


二、參考例句:


It is unlucky to break a mirror.

打破鏡子被認(rèn)為是不吉利的。


It's considered unlucky to walk under a ladder.

從梯子下面走過(guò)被認(rèn)為是不吉利的。


Friday is believed to be an unlucky day.

星期五被認(rèn)為是不吉祥的日子。


13 is considered as a very unlucky number.

十三被看作是個(gè)很不吉利的數(shù)字。


The children are the unlucky victims of the war.

孩子是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的無(wú)辜受害者。


The jockey is unlucky to meet an accident.

這個(gè)駕駛員倒霉透了,出了車(chē)禍。


I am unlucky enough to miss the last train.

我真倒霉,錯(cuò)過(guò)了最后一班火車(chē)。


If he is unlucky, he may find that his ex-partner denies him access to his children.

如果不走運(yùn)的話,他可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)前妻拒絕讓他接近自己的孩子。


Some unlucky travelers were still stuck at the airport on Friday morning.

一些倒霉的乘客在周五早上仍然被困在機(jī)場(chǎng)。


Many western people have the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.

許多西方人都有這種迷信觀念,認(rèn)為13是不吉利的數(shù)字。