unfortunate

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/|/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/    美 /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/|/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
    — Of those adults who used the trains every day, about half now travel daily by bus, [...] one unfortunate is reported to be walking to and from his employment.
  2. A prostitute. archaic,euphemistic
形容词 adj.
  1. Not favored by fortune.
    — Thus ended the life of one of the most unfortunate of small railway concerns.
  2. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
    — But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window[…]
  3. Regrettable or unsuitable.

词形变化

more unfortunate comparative most unfortunate superlative unfortunates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
unfortunate-looking unfortunately
相关词
deplorable regrettable infelicitous unsuitable

词源

词源 1
From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.
词源 2
From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.
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