luck

将“luck”与“luckily”联系记忆。想象你因为运气好（luck）而“幸运地”（luckily）得到了某种积极的结果。通过这样的关联，可以帮助你记住“luck”这个单词的含义。

luck 运气

词源不详，原指赌博中的财运。

luck

luck: [15] The antecedents of luck are not at all clear. Its likeliest source is Low German luk. This is clearly a close relative of modern Dutch geluk, whose prefix ge- is found also in Middle High German gelücke (source of modern German glück ‘good fortune, happiness’). But where the element lu(c)k came from is not known.

luck (n.)

late 15c. from early Middle Dutch luc, shortening of gheluc "happiness, good fortune," of unknown origin. It has cognates in Dutch geluk, Middle High German g(e)lücke, German Glück "fortune, good luck." Perhaps first borrowed in English as a gambling term. To be down on (one's) luck is from 1832; to be in luck is from 1900; to push (one's) luck is from 1911. Good luck as a salutation to one setting off to do something is from 1805. Expression better luck next time attested from 1802.

A gentleman was lately walking through St Giles's, where a levelling citizen attempting to pick his pocket of a handkerchief, which the gentleman caught in time, and secured, observing to the fellow, that he had missed his aim, the latter, with perfect sang-froid, answered, "better luck next time master."  [“Monthly Mirror,” London, 1802]

luck (v.)

by 1945, from luck (n.). To luck out "succeed through luck" is American English colloquial, attested by 1946; to luck into (something good) is from 1944. However, lukken was a verb in Middle English (mid-15c.) meaning "to happen, chance;" also, "happen fortunately."

1. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。

2. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.

经过这么多苦难之后，他应该行点好运了。

3. Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career.

伍德想干出点名堂来，可是总不能如愿。

4. Was he born to be successful, or did he just luck out?

是他命中注定会成功，还是仅仅交了好运？

5. It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.

他就这运气，误了最后一班船也毫不出奇。

【luck, lot, destiny, fortune, doom, fate】
这组词都有“命运”的意思，其区别是：
luck: 普通日常用词，指好的或坏的运气，尤多指好运气，有时也指成功或愉快的结局。
lot: 多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。
destiny: 普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。
fortune: 普通用词，指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运，如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。
doom: 指最终的，常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运，隐含不可避免的意味。
fate: 较庄严用词，多指不幸的命运，暗示不可避免，令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变，宿命论色彩较浓。