词族 · unfortunate
词形变化
英语词源
- unfortunate (adj.)
- mid-15c., "unlucky," from un- (1) "not" + fortunate (adj.). Infortunate in same sense is from late 14c. (along with a verb infortune "to render unhappy"). In late 18c.-early 19c., unfortunate woman was a polite way to say "prostitute." The noun meaning "one who is not fortunate" is recorded from 1630s.
权威例句
- 1. Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.
- 由于发生了不幸的意外，我知道消息的时候已经晚了一天。
- 2. Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people.
- 每年我们都有慈善日来筹款帮助贫困人群。
- 3. It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now.
- 刚才竟发生这样的事儿，实在是太不合时宜了。
- 4. Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured.
- 从下面经过的倒霉蛋儿很容易受重伤。
- 5. By an unfortunate oversight, full instructions do not come with the product.
- 由于一个不幸的疏忽，产品未能附上完整的说明。
词语辨析
【unhappy, unfortunate, disastrous, unlucky】
这组词都有“不幸的”的意思，其区别是：
unhappy: 多用于表示心理状态，指由于不满意或遇到一般性倒霉事而感到不愉快。
unfortunate: 语气较强，多指因命运不佳，意外不幸或事业失败、生活处于困境等而感到不幸。
disastrous: 着重不可避免和后果严重。
unlucky: 指因缺少或一时无机遇，虽作了努力，但事不从心，感到失意。
这组词都有“不幸的”的意思，其区别是：
unhappy: 多用于表示心理状态，指由于不满意或遇到一般性倒霉事而感到不愉快。
unfortunate: 语气较强，多指因命运不佳，意外不幸或事业失败、生活处于困境等而感到不幸。
disastrous: 着重不可避免和后果严重。
unlucky: 指因缺少或一时无机遇，虽作了努力，但事不从心，感到失意。