詞彙精選：unlucky的用法和辨析

一、詞義辨析：

unhappy,unfortunate,unlucky,disastrous

這些形容詞均有“不幸的”之意。unhappy多用於表示心理狀態，指由於不滿意或遇到一般性倒黴事而感到不愉快。unfortunate語氣較強，多指因命運不佳，意外不幸或事業失敗、生活處於困境等而感到不幸。unlucky指因缺少或一時無機遇，雖作了努力，但事不從心，感到失意。disastrous着重不可避免和後果嚴重。

二、參考例句：

It is unlucky to break a mirror.

打破鏡子被認爲是不吉利的。

It's considered unlucky to walk under a ladder.

從梯子下面走過被認爲是不吉利的。

Friday is believed to be an unlucky day.

星期五被認爲是不吉祥的日子。

13 is considered as a very unlucky number.

十三被看作是個很不吉利的數字。

The children are the unlucky victims of the war.

孩子是戰爭的無辜受害者。

The jockey is unlucky to meet an accident.

這個駕駛員倒黴透了，出了車禍。

I am unlucky enough to miss the last train.

我真倒黴，錯過了最後一班火車。

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

如果不走運的話，他可能會發現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.

一些倒黴的乘客在週五早上仍然被困在機場。

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，認爲13是不吉利的數字。