查词 - luck

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SUCCESS

成功

good things that happen to you by chance 好运，幸运 also 又作 good luck

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bad luck

the bad things that happen to someone by chance, not because of something they did 不好的运气

Bad luck seems to follow me everywhere.

噩运似乎处处跟着我。

I’ve had nothing but bad luck since I moved to this town.

我搬到这个镇上来以后就只有霉运。

Lend me some money; I’ve had a run of bad luck (=a series of bad things happened) on the horses recently.

借我些钱吧，我最近赌马连着输。

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CHANCE

机会

when good or bad things happen to people by chance 运气

You never know who you’ll get as a roommate; it’s just a matter of luck .

你不知道谁会是你的室友，完全是碰运气的。

Roulette is a game of luck .

轮盘赌是个靠运气的游戏。

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with (any) luck/with a bit of luck

if things happen in the way that you want [口] 要是走运的话; spoken

With a bit of luck, you might get a flight tomorrow.

要是运气好的话，你可以搭上明天的航班。

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wish sb (the best of) luck

to tell someone that you hope they will be successful in something they are going to do 祝某人好运

She wished me luck in the exam, then left.

她祝我考试好运，然后就走了。

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good luck/best of luck

used to tell someone that you hope they will be successful in something they are going to do [口] 祝好运 spoken

Good luck in this enormous project you are undertaking.

祝你承担的这个大项目好运。

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good luck to sb

used to say that you do not mind what someone does, because it does not affect you [口] 祝某人走运〔用于表示不介意某人的所为，因为不会影响自己〕 spoken

I say, good luck to him.

我说，祝他好运。

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any luck?/no luck?

used to ask someone if they have succeeded in doing something [口] 运气好吗？/运气不好吗？ spoken

‘Oh, there you are. Any luck?’ ‘No, I didn’t catch a single fish.’

“噢，是你呀。运气怎么样？”“不好，一条鱼都没有钓到。”

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be in luck

to be able to do or get something, especially when you did not expect to 〔出乎意料地〕走运

You’re in luck – it’s stopped snowing.

你运气真好 — 雪停了。

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be out of luck

10. to be prevented from getting or doing something by bad luck 不走运

The team were out of luck again at Scarborough on Saturday.

周六球队在斯卡伯勒一战再次不走运。

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do sth for luck

11. to do something because you think it might bring you good luck 为能有好运而做某事，为求吉利而做某事

She crossed her fingers for luck.

她交叉手指祈求好运。

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just my luck

12. used to say that you are not surprised something bad has happened to you, because you are usually unlucky [口] 我总是运气不好，我总是不走运 spoken

I didn’t get to the phone in time. Just my luck!

我没来得及接那个电话。我就这运气！

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no such luck

13. used to say you are disappointed, because something good that you hoped would happen did not happen 没这样的运气〔表示失望〕 spoken

‘Have you Sunday off?’ ‘No such luck.’

“你星期天休息吗？”“哪有这样的好事啊。”

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better luck next time

14. used to say that you hope someone will be more successful the next time they try to do something 祝下次好运

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as luck would have it

15. used to say that something happened by chance 碰巧，幸而

As luck would have it, my best friend is the most wonderful cook in the world.

碰巧，我最要好的朋友就是世界上最棒的厨师。

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try/chance your luck

16. to do something because you hope you will be successful, even though you know you may not be 碰碰运气

After the war my father went to Canada to try his luck at farming there.

战后，我父亲去了加拿大，到那里经营农场试试运气。

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be down on your luck

17. to have no money because you have had a lot of bad luck over a long period of time 〔因不走运而〕穷困潦倒

When someone is down on their luck, friends are very difficult to find.

一个人穷困潦倒的时候，很难找到朋友。

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the luck of the draw

18. the result of chance rather than something you can control 碰运气的事

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some people have all the luck

19. used to say that you wish you had what someone else has [口] 有些人就是运气好 spoken

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bad/hard/tough luck

20. used to express sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to someone [口，尤英] 真不幸〔用于表示同情〕 spoken especially BrE

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with/knowing sb’s luck

21. used to say that you expect something bad to happen to someone because bad things often do happen to them [口] 我知道某人不会走运 spoken

With my luck, I’d lose if I backed the only horse in a one horse race.

我这运气，就算是只有一匹马参加的比赛，我下注于唯一的马也会输掉。

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worse luck

22. unfortunately [英，口] 真倒霉，遗憾 BrE spoken

‘Would your boyfriend like a drink?’ ‘He’s not my boyfriend, worse luck!’

“你男朋友要喝一杯吗？”“可惜他不是我男朋友！”

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luck is on sb’s side

23. if luck is on someone’s side, things go well for them 某人走运（交好运）

Luck was on my side; all the traffic lights were green.

我很走运，一路全是绿灯。

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(one) for luck

24. used when you take, add, or do something for no particular reason, or in order to say that you hope good things happen [口] 祈求好运; 但愿运气好 spoken

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are lucky

Do not say that someone ‘has luck’. Say they . 不要说某人 ‘has luck’，而要说 they are lucky

I was lucky (NOT 不说 I had luck) and got to the airport just in time.

我运气好，刚好来得及赶到机场。

You’re so lucky to live by the sea.

你住在海边，运气真好啊。

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luck

You can use ‘have’ with only when luck has something before it such as ‘bad’, ‘good’, ‘much’, ‘any’, ‘a bit of’ etc. 只有在 luck 前面有 bad，good，much，any，a bit of 等，它才可与 have 连用

He’s had a lot of bad luck recently.

他最近运气很不好。

Did you have any luck finding your bag?

你找到你的包了吗？

If we have a bit of luck, we’ll see her before she leaves.

如果我们运气好的话，她走之前我们还能见到她。

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luck

is an uncountable noun. luck 是不可数名词

Winning was mostly a matter of luck.

中奖主要靠运气。

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a piece of luck, a bit of luck, a stroke of luck.

Do not say ‘a luck’. To talk about one lucky event you can say or 不要说 a luck，表示一次好运要说 a piece of luck，a bit of luck，或 a stroke of luck

Seeing him at that moment was an amazing piece of luck (NOT 不说 an amazing luck) .

那个时候见到他真是意想不到的好运气。